164K–193K USD / year
Senior Systems Engineer Tech Foundations
OtherRemote — United States
Published on 2026-09-29
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About this role
As a Senior Systems Engineer on the Content Products team, you will design and implement complex systems related to content management at Airbnb, overseeing projects from conception to completion. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance authoring workflows and maintain high-performance, scalable systems.
About the company
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects travelers with hosts offering unique accommodations and experiences in various destinations. The platform serves individuals seeking short-term lodging as well as hosts looking to monetize their properties.
The team
Content Products team
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What you'll do
- Deliver major projects end to end
- Partner with content teams to improve authoring workflows
- Own the authoring platform with technical enhancements
- Design for reliability and security in systems
- Identify and improve low-quality code and frameworks
- Document technical solutions clearly
- Coach and mentor engineers
- Work in an agent-assisted development loop
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of experience in complex systems design
- Experience with enterprise headless CMS tools
- Proficient in front-end and back-end development
- Strong knowledge of large-scale content data analysis
- Expertise in building scalable internal tooling
- Fluency with AI-assisted development workflows
- Clear technical writing skills
- Experience mentoring engineers
Nice to have
- Experience with enterprise taxonomy or knowledge graph platforms
- Familiarity with architectural patterns of high-scale web applications
- Experience with reporting or analytics platforms