[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Community Support Engineering

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. They are seeking a Staff GenAI Backend Engineer to lead engineering delivery on programs that enhance customer support through intelligent routing and personalized experiences.


Responsibilities

  • Lead engineering delivery on strategic programs that enable intelligent agent matching, personalized support experiences for high-value customers, and next-generation routing and communication channel capabilities
  • Own and evolve core routing infrastructure, including decision engines, workflow orchestration, and routing rule management. Ensuring high availability, correctness, and scalability across millions of daily support interactions
  • Drive consolidation of fragmented routing logic spread across multiple platforms and channels into a centralized, auditable, and maintainable system
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Data Science, and partner engineering teams to align on priorities and deliver outcomes that improve the customer support experience
  • Contribute to technical quality through design reviews, code reviews, and pragmatic architectural decision-making
  • Play a critical role in building the team's technical depth by actively mentoring junior engineers, setting clear growth expectations, and driving a culture where engineers consistently level up
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, engineering, and data science teams to develop backend systems and enhance AI prompt effectiveness for routing and differentiated service experiences
  • Lead and contribute across the full development lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, experimentation, and production deployment
  • Champion a culture of engineering excellence by role modeling best practices in design, code quality, and cross-functional collaboration, and creating an environment where engineers at all levels continuously grow
  • Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortems to ensure the reliability of routing infrastructure serving millions of Airbnb guests and hosts
  • Engage in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and design doc sharing sessions to keep ARC's delivery on track
  • Optimize system availability, performance, and scalability while pushing enhancements for improved efficiency across AI-driven routing workflows
  • Collaborate with cross-regional engineering partners to align on shared routing capabilities and drive consistency across global support operations

Skills

  • 9+ years of software development experience in service-oriented architectures and backend development
  • Expertise in workflow optimization and backend systems, with a focus on scalable and flexible architecture
  • Expertise in designing and iterating on prompt engineering to fine-tune AI capabilities for AI/LLM-driven scenarios
  • Expertise of RAG patterns, memory routing, and agent planning
  • Proficiency in crafting backend systems focusing on technical quality, efficiency, and resilience
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams and domains
  • Passion for agile development, system optimization, and team productivity enhancements
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's/Ph.D. degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
  • Employee Travel Credits

Company Overview

  • Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.airbnb.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 59 in 2026, 234 in 2025, 176 in 2024, 160 in 2023, 270 in 2022, 250 in 2021, 274 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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