Senior Software Engineer, Payments

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Senior Software Engineer building backend services and APIs for Airbnb's global AirCover insurance platform. Scaling policy, coverage, enrollment and experimentation capabilities across regulated markets.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and own backend services and APIs for policy, coverage, enrollment and regional rules that scale to new markets
  • Translate regional regulatory and product requirements into configurable, reusable platform capabilities
  • Implement experimentation hooks, logging and metrics so Product and Data Science can test offers and measure attach rate
  • Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Legal and other engineering teams to prioritize high-impact work
  • Use data to find gaps in conversion and reliability, and drive fixes and improvements
  • Mentor engineers and champion best practices in code quality, testing and operational excellence
  • Design, build and operate distributed backend services in a service-oriented architecture with reliable monitoring, logging and alerting
  • Write and review code and technical designs, and make architectural trade-offs
  • Build data pipelines and events supporting analytics and experiments
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, security and privacy teams to meet data protection standards across regions
  • Participate in on-call rotations and improve system reliability

Requirements:

  • 5–9+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building and scaling backend platforms in a global or multi-regional context
  • Proficiency in backend development in Java, Kotlin, Python, Go or similar
  • Experience architecting high-scale services and APIs
  • Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL
  • Experience with A/B testing or experimentation systems
  • Experience using data to drive product decisions
  • Experience in insurance, payments, fintech or other regulated domains is a plus
  • Ability to work through ambiguity and collaborate deeply with cross-functional teams
  • Excellent communication, able to explain complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity

Benefits:

  • Bonus eligibility
  • Equity eligibility
  • Benefits eligibility
  • Employee Travel Credits
  • Remote-eligible work arrangement
  • Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with the manager
  • Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities