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:
The Tax Experience team solves some of the most challenging and unique problems faced by our business and our customers. We are a cross functional team who own user-facing products virtually every Host or Guest on Airbnb interacts with, and our mission is to remove friction from the user journey while protecting Airbnb’s ability to operate worldwide.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Software Engineer, you will help us meet this challenge with innovative solutions that enable business agility, efficiency, and accuracy. You are eager to understand complex systems top to bottom and thrive working across technologies and codebases. In addition, you will excel at solving a range of complex problems, developing end-to-end features, and strengthening your domain knowledge over time
Together, we’ll pioneer innovative ways to deliver faster, more accurate, and higher-quality outcomes for Airbnb and its users.
A Typical Day:
- Write code, owning end to end features as part of large, crucial products on our roadmap
- Work collaboratively with your core team on solution design, implementation details, and operational excellence
- Execute on new ideas that will enable us to build products that can more effectively adapt to fluid or ambiguous business needs
Your Expertise:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent practical experience
- 2-4+ years industry experience
- Prior real-word experience and demonstrable knowledge in any of Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go, Rust, C/C++/C#
- Able to communicate well with a wide variety of cross functional partners such as Legal, Customer Support, Experience Design, etc.
- Skilled at managing initiatives with ambiguous or rapidly shifting requirements
- Able to contribute to the enrichment of the general engineering culture of the wider organization
- Experience with Tax, Compliance, Finance, or similar domains highly desirable, especially DAC7, OECD Model Rules, KYC, VAT, etc.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 2-4+ years industry software engineering experience
- Prior real-world experience and demonstrable knowledge in Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go, Rust, C/C++/C#
- Strong communication skills with cross-functional partners (Legal, Support, Design, etc.)
- Ability to manage initiatives with ambiguous or rapidly shifting requirements
- Ability to contribute positively to the broader engineering culture
- Experience with Tax, Compliance, Finance domains (DAC7, OECD Model Rules, KYC, VAT)
Airbnb Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Airbnb and has not been reviewed or approved by Airbnb.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay ranges and total compensation components are increasingly disclosed, and country-level pay practices avoid location-based cuts, which feedback suggests improves consistency and perceived fairness.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive core health coverage for employees, mental health resources, and substantial dependent support are repeatedly highlighted as robust and a standout element of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a winter shutdown, sabbaticals, and paid volunteer time are described as extensive, with parental leave and phased return options reinforcing time-off flexibility.
Airbnb Insights
What We Do
Airbnb is a community based on connection and belonging—a community that was born in 2008 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to 4 million hosts who have welcomed over 800 million guest arrivals to about 100,000 cities in almost every country and region across the globe. Hosts on Airbnb are everyday people who share their worlds to provide guests with the feeling of connection and being at home. At Airbnb, we believe that hosts, guests and the communities where we operate are all stakeholders we have a responsibility to serve, and that by serving them alongside our employees and investors, we will build an enduringly successful company.
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