Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

A global travel and accommodation platform connecting hosts with guests, founded in 2007 with over 5 million hosts and 2 billion guest arrivals worldwide.
$191,000 - $223,000
Frontend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Consumer · Travel

Description For Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

Airbnb, a leading global travel platform founded in 2007, is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join their Core Foundation team. This role presents an exciting opportunity to shape the future of web development at a company that has facilitated over 2 billion guest arrivals worldwide.

The Core Foundation team plays a crucial role in accelerating and simplifying the engineering process for Airbnb's guest and host journey. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll serve as a bridge between Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams, focusing on creating efficient development pathways and improving web performance across all platforms.

Your responsibilities will include designing high-quality APIs, contributing to and reviewing code, creating architecture design documents, and ensuring optimal performance of web applications. The role requires deep expertise in frontend technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React, along with a strong understanding of both client-side and server-side performance considerations.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $191,000 - $223,000 USD, along with additional benefits including equity, bonuses, and Employee Travel Credits. This is a remote position within the United States, with occasional visits to Airbnb offices for collaboration.

The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years of industry experience in Web Client/Product Foundation, strong collaborative skills, and a passion for solving engineering productivity challenges. You'll be joining a company committed to diversity and inclusion, working on products that connect millions of hosts and guests worldwide.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on improving developer experience, enjoys tackling complex technical challenges, and wants to make a significant impact on a platform used by millions globally. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge web technologies while helping shape the future of travel and accommodation services.

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Responsibilities For Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

  • Collaborate with partner teams and product engineers to design and develop high quality APIs
  • Create high quality pull requests and review others' pull requests
  • Build thorough tests to ensure reliability and performance
  • Create architecture design documents for new projects
  • Stay up-to-date with latest industry trends and best practices in Web development

Requirements For Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

JavaScript
React
TypeScript
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in CS or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years industry experience in Web Client / Product Foundation
  • Fluency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and related web technologies
  • Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling
  • Deep expertise of client-side and server-side performance considerations
  • Experience with improving architecture and developer tooling/libraries
  • Strong collaboration skills in a remote environment
  • Deep experience of understanding engineering productivity pain points
  • Solid engineering and coding skills with knowledge of data structures
  • Strong communication and organizational skills

Benefits For Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

Medical Insurance
Equity
  • Employee Travel Credits
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits package

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