Web Software Engineer (Profile & Community)

Quick Facts

• Web Engineer on the Profile & Community team (Passport & Commerce)
• Focus: social graph, social features, and cross-platform foundations

Description

As a Web Engineer on the Profile & Community team, you’ll help build the social layer of Airbnb: a trusted social graph of real-world connections, the web social features on top of it, and the foundations that let people connect with travelers they know and the people they meet along the way. You’ll work closely with design, product, data science, legal, and marketing, and collaborate with other engineering teams to deliver performant, configurable, and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Experience Designers, and engineers to design and deliver high-quality web products
• Deliver high-impact social initiatives end to end
• Build efficient and reusable web components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable solutions
• Identify areas of improvement and drive web best practices
• Partner with Android and iOS engineers to develop foundational cross-platform solutions

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience developing web applications at scale with a high volume of users
• Strong expertise building and maintaining high-performance and scalable web frontend experiences using JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript libraries and tooling (e.g., React, GraphQL)
• Fluency in HTML and CSS
• Ability to collaborate through code reviews and architecture discussions
• Strong product sense and passion for UX product development
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Product Management, Design, and iOS/Android/Web engineers
• Bonus: Experience with animation libraries

Benefits

• Pay range: $162,000–$186,000 USD (base pay depends on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, and market demands)
• May be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits
• Reasonable accommodations available during the recruitment process