# Senior Staff Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $248k – $310k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, SQL, NoSQL, Machine Learning, Ai/Ml Frameworks, System Design
**Posted:** 2026-06-23

> Senior technical IC focused on backend architecture and AI technologies for Airbnb's communication and connectivity platform. Partners with senior leaders and contributes code while providing technical leadership across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross functional teams including design, product marketing, prototyping and others to envision a unique, delightful, extensible guest-host communication experience
- Envision and build a scalable foundation for reaching out hosts in need through notifications
- Explore ways to uplift our partner integration platform leveraging advanced AI technology
- Understand how key technical decisions will drive business outcomes and deliver frameworks and platforms that improve delivery with high-quality to those outcomes
- Perform design and code reviews and advise/mentor other engineers at Airbnb

## Requirements
- 12+ years relevant experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field
- Experience building, leading, and architecting full-stack products and systems at enterprise scale with a great impact
- Experience in applying modern artificial intelligence technologies to products and development cycles
- Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, and working cross functionally with Product and Data Science teams
- Strong communication and collaboration skills. Examples of working across teams and organizations on technical initiatives

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