Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Platform
Core
Architect and execute Airbnb's AI-powered Growth Engine for paid marketing channels (Google, Meta), managing autonomous campaign lifecycles including creative generation, bidding optimization, and audience management.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (AI/ML Systems)
Builds
Autonomous AI-driven marketing systems for paid campaigns
Domain
Digital Advertising / AI / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System architecture, hands-on code review, technical strategy, cross-functional leadership, experimentation design, stakeholder alignment
Preferred skills
Paid advertising platform expertise (Meta, Google), AI/ML model integration
Technologies
Google Ads, Meta Ads, AI/ML frameworks
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for agentic Growth Engine, write and review production code, partner with Marketing/Product to define human-in-the-loop controls, advance AI-to-autonomous roadmap, mentor engineers, collaborate with ML teams on campaign optimization signals
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership