Senior Software Engineer, Global Markets (Backend)

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p></div><h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>NOTE: NO VISA AND RELOCATION SUPPORT</strong></span></h3> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Community You Will Join:</strong></p> <p><strong>The Global Markets Tech team</strong> drives the evolution of our guest and host experience across international markets through product innovation that <strong>accelerates international growth</strong>. Expanding in under-penetrated markets is a core pillar of our company strategy. To achieve this, we innovate at every level - adapting our  product to the unique needs of every corner of the globe so that every user across our 220+ countries and regions feels right at home.</p> <p>The team partners closely with Product, Design, Data Science, regional stakeholders, and core platform/vertical teams to translate local market needs into durable, scalable technology that can be piloted quickly and then rolled out broadly.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Difference You Will Make:</strong></p> <p>A <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong> in Global Markets is expected to deliver measurable international growth impact by building scalable product capabilities across key funnel surfaces (landing → search → pre‑booking) and by improving pricing, promotions, and discounts to increase conversion and customer value across markets.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>A Typical Day</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with PM/Design/Data Science to clarify goals, requirements, constraints, and success metrics, and translate them into a sequenced technical plan.</li> <li>Write or review technical designs, align tradeoffs, and coordinate dependencies with partner teams across regions.</li> <li>Build production code and services with a high quality bar: testing, documentation, instrumentation, and performance/reliability considerations.</li> <li>Run design and code reviews, advise engineers, and help drive consistent engineering standards across the team.</li> <li>Own delivery: track execution risks, provide stakeholder updates, coordinate launches (including localization/market rollout), and monitor post-launch results to iterate quickly.</li> </ul&gt