Senior Software Engineer, Payments Platform

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Airbnb Senior Software Engineer on Airbnb Payments Platform responsible for designing and building scalable payment systems. Collaborates cross-functionally to meet evolving business needs and ensure a reliable, accurate, and auditable payments platform.

Responsibilities

Work on multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.
Architect and implement complex features, focusing on data-driven decision making and performance optimizations.
Work with other engineering teams to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations
Work on systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time.
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.
5+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.
1+ years of relevant industry experience (Payments/Fintech) as a backend software engineer is plus.

Qualification

Experience leading designBachelor’s and/or Master’s degreeTechnical leadershipPassionate about efficiency

Required

Experience leading design, implementation, and deployment of one or more high scale, cross-functional payment systems.
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy and mentoring engineers.
Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality.
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.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience driving initiatives that span across teams, departments and leadership.