Software Engineer, Payments

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The community you will join

Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. Airbnb Payments team supports this mission by economically empowering Airbnb businesses and our global community of guests and hosts.

Payments Processing team is the gateway and core platform of the Airbnb Payments ecosystem. We are the team that connects Airbnb to the outside world of payment processors for the execution of any payment anywhere reliably, accurately, conveniently, and cost-effectively. Our platform integrates with 19 different Payments Service Providers, processing 70+ currencies across 191 countries and moving billions of dollars on an annual basis. We want our Guests and Hosts to have access to the payment method and currency they want because it is easy for Airbnb to add new processors and payment types, that payments are never blocked by an avoidable external processing problem, that our Community never needs to contact CS about payment discrepancies, that Airbnb is using the lowest-cost processor for a given route, and that internal Airbnb teams reliant on processor reporting are impacted minimally by processor reporting issues.

The difference you will make

As a Software Engineer on the Payments Processing team, your mission is to design and build a payments gateway platform that is fast and easy to integrate with, reliable for money movements, smart to route our business cost-effectively, resilient to any external processor downtime in any market, and accurate for Financial reporting. We’re looking for engineers who are independent, thoughtful, creative, and passionate about building the best payment gateway platform.

A typical day

• Fast learner for payments domain
• Pay attention to the performance, scalability, architecture, reliability and engineering best practices of the backend platform.
• Submit high quality code.
• Pay attention to system quality and performance
• Self-driven. Can make technical decisions with limited guidance or mentorship.

Projects

Some immediate examples of what you’d work on:

• Build our next generation of service-oriented-architecture gateway platform, making the processor integration simple, fast, flexible, and robust.
• Work on payment provider integrations and migrations like PayPal and Bank of America.
• Improve our smart routing system to make the traffic split flexible, cost-efficient, with more accurate anomaly detection and market failover ability.
• Partner with Design and Product to innovate and lead new initiatives to improve our orchestrations, anomaly detections, payin and payout qualities.

Your Expertise

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of industry experience in backend
• Independent, dedicated, and able to deliver production ready code with minimal guidance
• Experience with Java
• Experience with relational databases and caching solutions
• Expertise designing APIs and building RESTful services.
• Experience with message queuing, data streaming, and workflow frameworks.
• Experience with distributed system and service-oriented architecture
• Experience with Agile software development and Agile software solutions

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. Airbnb,Inc. can employ in states where we have registered entities. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware and Rhode Island. This list is continuously evolving and being updated, 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 and 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: [email protected]. 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.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.