Staff Web UX Engineer, Launch and Product Marketing
Airbnb
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 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 Launch and Product Marketing team is a newly established team that builds impactful launch and product marketing pages for Airbnb’s Guests and Hosts with new and existing technologies. The Staff Web UX Engineer joining this team will play a critical role in the end-to-end development of new launch and product marketing initiatives. They will collaborate closely with Design partners to rapidly ideate, prototype, develop, and ship innovative animation experiences.
The team is part of the Client Products & Emerging Tech organization, which is responsible for building impactful product features for Airbnb’s Guests and Hosts with new and existing technologies, as well as horizontal components such as navigation that aim to provide a cohesive user experience.
Learn more about Frontend Open Source projects at Airbnb. Also, meet our Client Products & Emerging Tech leader, Cynthia Chu!
The Difference You Will Make
- Explore, shape, and develop new launch and product marketing experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale
- Drive launch and product marketing projects that emphasize innovative and dynamic motion experiences
- Develop prototypes to validate ideas while proactively considering long-term implications on technical design and architecture
- Implement animations using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for web-based projects
- Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development
- Partner with MarTech and other engineering teams to integrate new features that impact different areas within the product
- Writing unit and integration tests, reviewing other’s code
Your Expertise
- 9+ years of software development experience, or 2-4+ years with an advanced degree
- Strong expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript
- Strong expertise Implementing animations using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for web
- Extensive experience with modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Preact, Angular, Next, Vue or Meteor
- Passion for delivering products end-to-end: from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing
- Driving adoption of industry standards for building user interface including accessibility, internationalization, performance optimization, SEO, cross-browser compatibility, caching
- Experience scaling and architecting CSS across multiple projects and products
- Passion for building interactive and delightful user experiences
Your Location
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. Airbnb,Inc. can be employed in states where we have registered entities. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware and Rhode Island. This list is continuously evolving and being updated, please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
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: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. 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.
Pay Range: $204,000—$259,000 USD
