Senior Backend Engineer, Viaduct

Join Airbnb's Viaduct team, a crucial component powering 65% of Airbnb's online traffic through a unified data access layer. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be part of an experienced team working on "Viaduct Modern," a next-generation system upgrade. The role involves developing the engine, API, observability, and schema modeling while collaborating with both infrastructure and product teams.

The Viaduct team is one of the most tenured at Airbnb, setting best practices and next-gen architecture. You'll work on a GraphQL-based global schema & query system, contributing to improving developer experience, cost performance, and team autonomy. The position offers the opportunity to work with complex systems at scale while supporting Airbnb's massive user base.

This remote position offers competitive compensation ($185,000 - $223,000) and requires 5+ years of relevant experience. You'll be working with cutting-edge technologies like GraphQL and Kotlin, making a significant impact on Airbnb's core infrastructure. The role combines technical expertise with cross-team collaboration, making it ideal for engineers who enjoy both deep technical work and interpersonal interaction.

The position involves working with various teams, from Build Infrastructure to Developer Experience, offering broad exposure to different aspects of large-scale system development. You'll be instrumental in migrating tenants to the new system while ensuring reliability and performance improvements through framework changes and tenant-centric observability.