[Remote-Position] Staff Software Engineer - Internationalization

Thrive in a culture of innovation and teamwork. We're hiring a Staff Software Engineer - Internationalization! This role is 100% remote, giving you full control over your work environment. This position requires a strong and diverse skillset in relevant areas to drive success. The salary for this position is set at a competitive salary.

 

 

Description: • Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. • The Internationalization team (i18n team) aims to foster global belonging and offer the best localization experience by providing reliable, efficient, scalable, and extensible globalization infrastructure and tooling for Airbnb code, content, and stakeholders. • The I18n team is a part of the Core Services org within Infrastructure and works closely with our broader Globalization business org, as well as Product and Platform teams with an international focus, to contribute directly to top-line goals as well as make the entire engineering organization more productive. • Millions of users across the world engage with the Airbnb app in their preferred languages every day across a wide range of assets. • The engineer on the I18n Infra team will work on distributed systems, infrastructure, toolings, and workflows, which are critical to the success of Airbnb products among our global audience. Requirements: • Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience. • 9+ years of industry experience. • Strong programming (Java / Kotlin / C++ or equivalent) skills for hands-on IC work. • Demonstrate strong expertise and be hands-on in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures. • Experience with designing and building large scale production systems or features. • Experience in popular storage systems such as relational databases, noSQL and caching. • Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and stakeholders. • Able to architect localization infrastructure with a good understanding of client facing interfaces, and willing to dive into JavaScript / Typescript and related web technologies. • Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React and GraphQL) is a plus. • Passionate about globalization, user experience, efficiency, availability, and system quality. Benefits: • This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits. Apply Job!

 

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