Airbnb

Marketplace

SoftwareEngineer,Payments

$162–186k United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid candidates.

The Brief

“Software Engineer, Payments at Airbnb. Skills: Software development, Payments. Build and own features that directly power money movement. Contribute to cross-team initiatives that drive measurable impact on conversion and payment economics”

What You'll Achieve.

Make the Payment experience on Airbnb as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible; Drive measurable impact on conversion and payment economics; Reduce defect rates; Improve incident detection; Strengthen response processes

Industry & Context.

Marketplace
Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills

Eligibility Requirements

Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity, Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3-5+ years of software development experience, BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience

What You'll Do.

Build and own features that directly power money movement

Contribute to cross-team initiatives that drive measurable impact on conversion and payment economics

Work with cross-functional partners on Product and Design to triage

and evaluate feasibility of proposed features and functionality

Contribute to quality initiatives that reduce defect rates

improve incident detection

and strengthen response processes

Onboard new payment methods

Enable self-serve methods to answer questions about upcoming and previous payments

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners on Product, Design, Data Science, Legal, and more; Work alongside experienced engineers and cross-functional partners; Being a collaborative teammate that can help elevate the rest of the engineering organization

Communication Scope

Communication and interpersonal skills; Clearly articulating technical tradeoffs

Process & Methodology

Planning, Scoping

Full Job Description

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: Payments is key for any healthy marketplace, and is just as central to the Airbnb experience. The Payments org at Airbnb is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb’s global marketplace. We build technology that powers Airbnb’s massive daily transaction volume to collect payments from guests, distribute payouts to hosts and everything in between. Our goal is to make the Payment experience on Airbnb as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible. Within Payments, Payins is a full stack team responsible for all aspects of the guest payment experience - generating quotes, onboarding new payment methods to allow guests to pay us in their preferred method of payment, and enabling self-serve methods to answer questions about their upcoming and previous payments. Payins engineers are expected to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners on Product, Design, Data Science, Legal, and more to bring their vision to life. The Difference You Will Make: We are a sizable team with outsized responsibility: all money moving into Airbnb flows through our systems. As a Software Engineer on the Payins team, you will build and own features that directly power that money movement. You'll work alongside experienced engineers and cross-functional partners to ship high-quality, high-impact launches - like Reserve Now Pay Later - while deepening your technical expertise and growing your impact over time. A Typical Day: Contribute to cross-team initiatives that drive measurable impact on conversion and payment economics Working with cross-functional partners on Product a

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