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Staff Software Engineer, Passport & Commerce (Backend)

Airbnb · United States

Posted about a month ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
33 days
Airbnb's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Airbnb's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Airbnb
high
87 stale, 16 reposted of 173 open
Hiring momentum
323 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Airbnb's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Airbnb.

About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Passport team at Airbnb, you will architect the next generation of the account platform, influencing how millions of users interact with the service. Your role involves designing core services, collaborating with various teams to ensure seamless integration of features, and mentoring engineers while driving technical direction and architecture decisions. You will focus on reliability, scalability, and data integrity of the platform to support new offerings and partner integrations.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
3/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Airbnb as an employer.

What you need

  • 9+ years of experience designing and scaling complex, distributed backend systems
  • Proven track record of technical leadership in high-growth environments
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems fundamentals, including data consistency, caching, service decomposition, and API design at scale
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience driving alignment across engineering, product, and design partners

Nice to have

  • Experience building or operating systems involving financial transactions, entitlements, or other stateful account data
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical decisions across multiple teams
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity on a newly formed team, including helping define team scope, roadmap, and technical foundations

What you get

  • Base pay range of $212,000 — $265,000 USD
  • Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits

Worth weighing

  • Remote eligible position, but must live in a state where Airbnb has a registered entity
  • Role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites
  • No specific details on the benefits package beyond the mentioned compensation

Summarised from Airbnb's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Airbnb on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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