Senior Frontend Engineer, Core Foundation

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join their Core Foundation team, a crucial component of their engineering infrastructure. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at a company that has transformed the hospitality industry, connecting over 5 million hosts with billions of guests globally.

The Core Foundation team plays a vital role in accelerating and simplifying the engineering process for Airbnb's guest and host journey. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll serve as a bridge between Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams, focusing on creating efficient pathways for product engineers to build high-quality, performant experiences.

Your primary responsibilities will include designing and developing high-quality APIs, contributing to and reviewing pull requests, ensuring software reliability through thorough testing, and creating architectural design documents. The role requires staying current with web development trends and best practices, with a focus on both desktop and mobile web performance.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of industry experience in Web Client/Product Foundation, with strong expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern web technologies like React. You should have deep knowledge of client-side and server-side performance considerations, experience with improving architecture and developer tooling, and excellent collaboration skills in a remote environment.

This remote position offers a competitive salary range of $191,000 - $223,000 USD, along with the opportunity to work with a diverse, globally-distributed team. You'll be part of a company that values inclusion and belonging, working on projects that directly impact millions of users worldwide. The role combines technical expertise with strategic thinking, making it perfect for someone passionate about web development and engineering productivity.