Airbnb
Software Engineer, Payments
$160K–$180K
Remote, USA +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Remote, USA
United States - Experience
- 2+ years in a hands-on software engineering role in backend/full-stack development.
- Education
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build backend services and APIs for Airbnb payments features, including the Hosts’ Earnings Dashboard, to support Host earnings and revenue growth.
What you'll do
- Develop services, APIs, metrics, recommendations, and reports, keeping them accurate and performant.
- Implement testing, experimentation, logging, and metrics; use data to identify and improve conversion, engagement, and reliability.
- Collaborate across engineering and business teams, and contribute to design reviews, coding standards, and operational improvements.
What they ask for
- Exposure to Java and experience building services in a distributed microservice environment.
- Fluency in frontend web technologies.
- Expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Pay
$160,000 — $180,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, HTML, CSS, React, Graphql
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