Senior Software Engineer – Marketing Technology

Airbnb

. Lead end-to-end projects on the Segmentation & Insights Platform team .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $196,000 - $227,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend systems and large-scale service-oriented architecture, with a strong focus on building agentic features and optimizing systems for high availability and performance. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and drive initiatives while ensuring system quality and health.

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Backend Systems ExpertiseLarge-Scale Service-Oriented ArchitectureProficiency In Go, Rust, Java, Or KotlinExperience With Agentic Systems Or LLM-Powered ApplicationsStrong Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringSystem OptimizationTechnical DesignImplementationTestingExperimentationProduction RolloutDebuggingAI Tools UtilizationIncident Response

Soft Skills

CollaborationInitiative DrivingLeadership

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreePhD

Industry Keywords

Segmentation & Insights PlatformMarketing Growth EngineCampaign IdeationService AdoptionOn-Call Rotations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaKotlinRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead end-to-end projects on the Segmentation & Insights Platform team
Scale highly available, low-latency, observable backend systems handling 100k+ requests per second
Debug bottlenecks and optimize systems for growing demand
Build agentic features for Airbnb’s autonomous Marketing Growth Engine, primarily for campaign ideation and refinement
Lead technical design, implementation, testing, experimentation, and production rollout
Collaborate with Product, Design, Data, Marketing Operations, and other partners
Partner with engineering teams across Marketing Technology to build integrated systems
Advise Airbnb teams on use cases, integrations, and service adoption
Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortems
Use AI tools efficiently while owning quality, correctness, and long-term system health

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
Expertise in backend systems with large-scale service-oriented architecture
Experience building agentic systems or LLM-powered applications
Proficiency in one or more modern languages such as Go, Rust, Java, or Kotlin
Strong communication skills with experience driving initiatives across teams, organizations, and leadership
Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity
US work location eligibility

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Remote work eligibility
Occasional office work or attendance at offsites, as agreed with the manager
Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process
No fee or purchase of work-related equipment required during interviewing