Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to conne...

Payments is key for any healthy marketplace, and is just as central to our product at Airbnb. The Payments organization at Airbnb is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb’s global marketplace and makes the Payment experience as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible. At the Pay...

As a Senior Staff Engineering for Payments, you will provide overarching guardrails on evolution of the architecture with special focus on Community Partner experiences, catering evolving business needs and coaching other engineers on the team. You will envision and design decision support systems, knowledge managem...

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments you will: 
Collaborate with other senior leaders to define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture that enables the company’s future vision.
Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions.
Be a critic for existing and new technologies, providing a balanced view of the technology landscape and nurture a culture of sustainable innovation.
Collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners to design and deliver high-quality products.
Lead multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.
Lead conversations that align technical efforts with business outcomes and product priorities.
Uplevel engineering quality through design/code reviews, mentorship, and hands-on implementation.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers  through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning .

15+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
Experience building, leading, and architecting production systems or features with broad impact.
Demonstrated technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, prototyping to iterate ideas, and working cross functionally with Product, Design and Operations teams.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners, experience driving initiatives that span across teams, departments and leadership. 
Passion to level-up those around you through curiosity and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
Proven experience in defining product/technical strategy and driving alignment with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.