About the job
Founded in 2007, Airbnb has transformed the way people travel and connect. From humble beginnings with just three guests in a San Francisco home, we have grown to a global community of over 5 million hosts who have welcomed more than 2 billion guest arrivals across nearly every country. Our hosts provide unique accommodations and experiences that foster authentic connections with local communities.
Join Our Talented Community:
As a member of Airbnb's App Foundation team, you will collaborate across platforms to create high-quality, performant capabilities that enhance nearly all features within the Guest and Host ecosystems.
Our primary focus is on developing App Product Frameworks, Insights & Logging, Performance & App Health, and Feature Architecture. We work hand in hand with Product, Design, Platform (iOS/Android/Web), Analytics Infrastructure, Data Platform, and other Product Foundation teams to establish cohesive paved paths and standards at scale. We pride ourselves on a culture that values technical excellence, pragmatic decision-making, robust ownership, and a steadfast commitment to enhancing both developer and user experiences through foundational work.
Your Impact:
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners (design and product) to explore, shape, and implement new product experiences from ideation to large-scale execution.
- Develop efficient and reusable backend capabilities that prioritize quality while ensuring performance and scalability.
- Lead initiatives that significantly enhance Guest and Host experiences by improving app responsiveness and ensuring reliable performance across critical backend systems impacting millions.
- Establish a performance roadmap by identifying bottlenecks, prioritizing impactful work, and delivering enhancements across services, data access patterns, and infrastructure.
- Elevate performance engineering standards by creating tools, benchmarks, and guardrails that prevent regressions and integrate performance considerations into team workflows.
- Influence architecture and standards across Airbnb's backend ecosystem to improve observability, efficiency, and adaptability of systems.
A Day in Your Life:
Join us in making a difference for millions of users worldwide by building the backend foundations that power the Airbnb experience.

