Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Messaging Platform

The Community You Will Join:

Messaging is a critical surface in building connections with our users. Our mission is to build a world-class messaging product and platform at Airbnb, bringing together guests and hosts across the world. As a web frontend engineer of this team, you’ll be responsible for building innovative, performant and accessible solutions with other like-minded engineers, designers, and product managersmangers.

A Typical Day: 

• Build the next-gen of Messaging used by millions of users
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product Managers, Experience Designers and other Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Desktop and Moweb
• Work closely with backend engineers and other web engineers on the team to develop and maintain messaging features
• Design & build new integrations across other teams within Airbnb
• Identify areas of improvement and drive web best practices

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years industry experience developing Web applications at scale
• Experience with modern JavaScript/Typescript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, graphql)
• Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Strong product sense and a passion for UX product development
• Ability to collaborate with Product Management, Design, and backend, and other web engineers
• Passion for continuous learning and staying ahead of web development trends
• Excellent communication skills

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list . If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.