Software Engineer (New Grad), Search Feed

The community you will join:

Airbnb is seeking a Software Engineer (New Grads) to join the Search Feed Team at Airbnb.

Engineering at Airbnb is a diverse and dynamic field, with teams working on various aspects of the platform. The engineering department is divided into several teams, each focusing on different areas such as Payments, Relevance and Personalization, and Airbnb.org. Engineering technology that brings people together in the real world is both inspiring and daunting. We're tackling challenges in search relevance, payments, fraud prevention, discrimination, and growth all while maintaining a beautiful experience. We love to contribute to the community, from our work on testing React components to our new Android framework.

The difference you will make:

Airbnb’s Search Feed team powers the core search experience that helps guests find their perfect stay. We develop highly impactful features, including Guest Favorites and Airbnb Categories, while collaborating closely with partners across design, product management, and data science to deliver experiences used by millions of people.

Additionally, we focus heavily on strengthening our technical foundation. Our work includes architecting scalable solutions that support our growing set of search features, addressing critical codebase pain points to boost developer productivity, and building robust infrastructure that enhance performance and reliability of search features. 

You will play an impactful role in building world-class search experiences for millions of Airbnb users. You'll also solve architectural, performance, and scalability challenges while working with our codebase.

A typical day:

• Writing and testing code, implementing new features, and fixing bugs
• Participating in team meetings, project plannings, and code reviews
• Collaborating with product managers, designers, data scientists and other engineers to understand requirements and implementation details
• Learning the company's tech stack, codebase, and internal tools through documentation and mentorship
• Documenting your work and updating task tracking in project management tools
• Engaging in regular 1:1s with your manager and working toward career development goals

Your expertise:

This opportunity is for recent graduates ONLY (completed Bachelor or Masters May 2023 - present) with less than 2 years of full-time work experience

• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, etc.
• Proficient in one or more of the following languages and tools: Java, Scala, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, C++, SQL, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Objective-C, Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
• Leadership position, community involvement, and or teaching/mentoring experience is a plus!

Work authorization for employment in the United States is required (OPT is accepted) - visa sponsorship is unavailable for this role.

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.