Senior Software Engineer, Payments

Responsibilities

• Build and own backend services and APIs for policy, coverage, enrollment, and regional rules across global markets.
• Translate regulatory and product requirements into configurable, reusable platform capabilities.
• Implement experimentation hooks, logging, metrics, data pipelines, and events to support product analytics and measure attach rate.
• Design, build, and operate distributed backend services with monitoring, logging, alerting, and reliable service operations.
• Write and review code and technical designs, make architectural trade-offs, and improve conversion, reliability, and system quality.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, Legal, infrastructure, security, privacy, and engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers, champion coding and testing best practices, and participate in on-call rotations.

Requirements

• 5–9+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building and scaling backend platforms in global or multi-regional contexts.
• Proficiency in backend development using Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, or a similar language.
• Experience architecting high-scale services and APIs, with working knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience with A/B testing or experimentation systems and using data to inform product decisions.
• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in insurance, payments, fintech, or other regulated domains is preferred.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and ability to explain complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• US remote eligible, with possible occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites as agreed with the manager.
• Eligibility to work remotely depends on living in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.
• The role may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
• Airbnb provides disability accommodations throughout the recruitment process.