Staff Backend Engineer, Host Serving and Access
Core
Architect and drive technical strategy for real-time and offline serving systems enabling ML model predictions and personalized user experiences for Airbnb hosts.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Host Serving and Access)
Builds
Scalable APIs, services, and data pipelines for host data, pricing suggestions, and calendar syncing.
Domain
Travel technology, large-scale backend systems, machine learning serving
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures, technical strategy and architecture, cross-functional collaboration, production debugging, tradeoff analysis
Preferred skills
Leading teams, setting technical strategy, launching high-impact models, mentoring senior engineers
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Architect and drive technical strategy for the serving ecosystem, lead development of real-time serving systems for low-latency APIs, collaborate on new host pricing functionality, contribute to long-term workflow strategies, champion engineering excellence and mentorship
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
