# Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Software Engineering, System Architecture, Technical Strategy, Ai Systems, Workflow Orchestration, Knowledge Management Systems, Decision Support Systems, Production Systems, Scalable Systems, Prototyping, Design Reviews, Code Reviews, Cross-Functional Leadership, Mentorship, Payments
**Posted:** 2026-07-15

> Leads architecture, technical strategy, and multi-team engineering initiatives for Airbnb’s Payments organization while remaining hands-on as needed. The role requires 15+ years of software engineering experience, broad production-system expertise, and strong cross-functional leadership and mentoring skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture for reliable, performant, and scalable payment systems.
- Provide architectural guardrails with a focus on Community Partner experiences and evolving business needs.
- Envision and design decision-support, knowledge-management, and workflow-orchestration systems that leverage AI advancements.
- Architect, build, and launch production systems and features with broad impact.
- Evaluate existing and emerging technologies and promote sustainable innovation.
- Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional partners across Product, Design, and Operations.
- Lead multi-team technical initiatives and align technical efforts with business outcomes and product priorities.
- Improve engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, mentorship, and hands-on implementation.
- Coach and provide technical guidance to engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

## Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.
- Bachelor's and/or master's degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Experience building, leading, and architecting production systems or features with broad impact.
- Hands-on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, prototyping ideas, and working cross-functionally.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical partners.
- Experience driving initiatives across teams, departments, and leadership.
- Experience defining product or technical strategy and driving alignment with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.
- Passion for mentoring and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and continuously learning engineering environment.

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