Join Airbnb as a Web Engineer to build social features and enhance user connections on a fully remote team.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to design and deliver products
- Deliver high-impact social initiatives end to end
- Build efficient and reusable web components
- Identify areas of improvement and drive web best practices
- Work closely with Android and iOS engineers
Must have
- 3+ years’ experience developing Web applications
- Strong expertise building high-performance Web frontend experiences
- Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript libraries
- Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
- Strong product sense and passion for UX product development
Nice to have
- Experience with animation libraries
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer on the Profile & Community team at Airbnb focuses on developing social features that enhance user connections and experiences on the platform. Key skills include expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript, along with experience in building scalable web applications using modern libraries like React and GraphQL. This position is ideal for someone with over three years of experience in web development who enjoys collaboration across various teams, including product management and design. The team emphasizes a collaborative environment, working closely with other engineers to create robust, cross-platform solutions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze November 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Airbnb's careers page November 14, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 62% of 21 comparable mid frontend roles in United States that list React we track (median $152,000 across 14 companies). See React salary trends
- React appears in 80.5% of 41 comparable mid frontend roles in United States; HTML appears in 12.2% of 41 comparable mid frontend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Profile & Community, Web role remote?
- Yes — Airbnb lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Airbnb lists $162,000–$186,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer, Profile & Community, Web role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CSS, GraphQL, HTML, JavaScript, React, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Airbnb targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer, Profile & Community, Web role at Airbnb.
From the original posting
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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
As a Web Engineer on the Profile & Community team within Airbnb’s Passport & Commerce organization, you’ll help build the social layer of Airbnb: a trusted social graph of real-world connections, the social features built on top of it, and the foundations that let people connect with the travelers they know and the people they meet along the way. The team is highly collaborative with its partners in design, product, data science, legal, and marketing to deliver features and experiences used by millions of people. We work closely with other engineering teams to ensure we build systems that are performant and configurable with architecture that's scalable and robust.
A typical day
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product Managers, Experience Designers and Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on web
- Deliver high-impact social initiatives end to end.
- Build efficient and reusable web components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable solutions
- Identify areas of improvement and drive web best practices
- Working closely with Android and iOS engineers on the team to develop foundational, cross platform solutions
Your Expertise
- 3+ years’ experience developing Web applications at scale with a high volume of users
- Strong expertise building and maintaining high-performance and scalable Web frontend experiences using Javascript/Typescript
- Experience with modern JavaScript/Typescript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, graphql)
- Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
- Love collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions, and are motivated to improve their teammates’ productivity
- You possess strong product sense and a passion for UX product development
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Product Management, Design, and other iOS, Android, and Web Engineers
- [Bonus] Experience with animation libraries.
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.
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