Staff Frontend Engineer, Client Data & Networking Platform
Core
Design and implement foundational, cross-platform solutions for Airbnb's client tech stack, including GraphQL runtime and client networking infrastructure, to empower product teams to build fast, reliable features at scale.
Role type
Staff Frontend Engineer (Platform/Infrastructure)
Builds
GraphQL runtime, client networking infrastructure, developer tooling, and CLI applications for internal use.
Domain
Travel technology, client-side networking, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
TypeScript, GraphQL, REST APIs, client networking, performance optimization, caching strategies, client storage solutions, asynchronous programming, mentoring, technical strategy
Preferred skills
agentic AI solutions
Technologies
TypeScript, GraphQL, REST, CLI
Responsibilities
Partner with product teams to understand pain points and drive adoption of paved-path tooling; collaborate with Android and iOS engineers on cross-platform solutions; participate in all phases of software development from architecture to on-call; mentor engineers and drive best practices for web client development.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
