Airbnb

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Job Description: • Design and build scalable systems and robust infrastructure to detect, mitigate, and resolve risk issues across Airbnb's payments platform • Protect Airbnb communities and businesses from malicious activities and fraudulent actors • Build and maintain a long-term technology stack with well-defined APIs that is service-oriented, modular, granular, observable, and efficient • Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and cross-functional partners to build business insights, develop product features, and respond to fraud attacks and risk issues • Build and maintain integrations with third-party vendors, payment networks, and processors • Develop and iterate on risk detection, mitigation, and resolution strategies as risk scenarios and business requirements evolve • Implement continuous monitoring and alerting to improve risk-system quality and observability • Collaborate with engineering teams across Airbnb to advance engineering processes and technical foundations Requirements: • 5+ years of relevant industry experience as a backend software engineer, preferably in Payments/Fintech • Proficiency in at least one major programming language, preferably Java, Kotlin, or Python • Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications, including well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms • Experience delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through implementation and experimental A/B testing • High standards for code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices • Experience or desire to work collaboratively with product, data science, design, and operations teams • Familiarity with experimentation and machine learning techniques • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills; detail-oriented • Ability to make data-driven decisions and articulate technical tradeoffs • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience • Fraud/spam detection or mitigation experience in the payments domain is a plus, but not required • Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity Benefits: • Remote-eligible work arrangement • Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with the manager • Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities