Senior Systems Engineer Tech Foundations
Core
Build and own the systems powering Airbnb's content management, including authoring capabilities, workflows, analytics, and AI-assisted experiences for writers.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Content Platform)
Builds
Enterprise headless CMS (Contentstack) extensions, custom authoring apps, and integrations for support and knowledge surfaces.
Domain
Enterprise SaaS / Content Management Systems
Required skills
End-to-end system design, TypeScript, React, Node.js, large-scale data processing, agentic development workflows, technical writing, mentoring
Preferred skills
Enterprise taxonomy/knowledge graph platforms, high-scale web application architecture, modern reporting/analytics platforms (Tableau, Grafana)
Technologies
Contentstack, React, TypeScript, Node.js, AI agents
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of major projects spanning multiple workstreams; partner with content teams to map and improve authoring workflows; extend Contentstack with custom UI extensions and authoring apps; design systems for reliability, security, and maintainability; mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities