Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Job Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Location: Bangalore, India

The Payments organization at Airbnb is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb's global marketplace. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Payments, you will provide overarching guardrails on evolution of the architecture with special focus on Community Partner experiences, catering evolving business needs and coaching other engineers on the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other senior leaders to define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture that enables the company's future vision.

• Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions.

• Be a critic for existing and new technologies, providing a balanced view of the technology landscape and nurture a culture of sustainable innovation.

• Collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners to design and deliver high-quality products.

• Lead multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.

• Lead conversations that align technical efforts with business outcomes and product priorities.

• Uplevel engineering quality through design/code reviews, mentorship, and hands-on implementation.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.

• Experience building, leading, and architecting production systems or features with broad impact.

• Demonstrated technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, prototyping to iterate ideas, and working cross functionally with Product, Design and Operations teams.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners, experience driving initiatives that span across teams, departments and leadership.

• Passion to level-up those around you through curiosity and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

• Proven experience in defining product/technical strategy and driving alignment with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.

Work Environment:

• This position is India - Remote (Eligible anywhere within India).

• The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.

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.