Senior Full-Stack Engineer, App Experience and Frameworks (Frontend-Heavy)
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 connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join:
The Client Products & Emerging Technology (CP&ET) team is a global, cross-functional group dedicated to building foundational frameworks and innovative, app-wide features that shape the end-to-end experience for Airbnb’s guests and hosts. You’ll join a collaborative environment that thrives on experimentation, partnership, and continuous learning—working closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data partners to deliver impactful solutions across multiple platforms.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a member of a diverse and distributed team across the US and China, you’ll be expected to leverage your expertise in both Frontend and Backend development (Frontend-Heavy) to play a key role in building foundational frameworks, exploring emerging technologies, driving best practices, and enabling rapid feature rollouts that integrate seamlessly throughout the Airbnb ecosystem.
A Typical Day:
- Collaborate closely with engineers across platforms—including frontend, backend, native (iOS/Android), and infrastructure—to build cohesive solutions.
- Work in partnership with cross-functional teams, including Design, Product, and Data Science, to define and deliver impactful outcomes.
- Propose and implement robust architectural patterns for high-scale web applications and backend services, focusing on well-designed APIs, efficient data pipelines, and performant algorithms.
- Develop scalable, high-quality foundational frameworks as well as innovative product features used by millions of guests and hosts.
- Evaluate technical solutions, contribute to product and framework design discussions, and help shape new features from concept to launch.
- Drive alignment, manage technical projects, and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Write unit and integration tests, participate in code reviews, and uphold high engineering standards across the team.
Your Expertise:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on building both frontend and backend systems
- Advanced proficiency in modern frontend technologies—including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, frameworks like React or Angular, and frontend architecture (build tools, reusable components).
- Deep expertise in one or more backend/server languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C++, etc.) and proven experience designing and scaling high-quality, high-traffic backend services
- Passion for building and evolving foundational frameworks that solve key engineering needs and support the wider team.
- Proven track record of delivering impactful products end-to-end, with a dedication to creating interactive, high-quality, and delightful user experiences.
- Self-driven and excited to tackle large, open-ended projects and drive meaningful business impact in a collaborative environment.
- Solid foundation in unit, integration, and end-to-end testing practices.
- Fluent in both Chinese and English
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