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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Marketplace teams are at the heart of our products and decision-making, owning everything from rider pricing to driver earnings, incentives, and efficient matching. We’re looking for passionate, driven engineers to build systems that empower our riders and drivers to have the best transportation experience possible through prediction, adaptivity, and personalization. We’re looking for someone who is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative, and impactful environment to create reliable solutions to distributed computing, ML, and data problems. The Pricing team is a centerpiece of Lyft’s Marketplace org, determining prices for all rideshare products and supporting new initiatives. We work with Product & Science to solve and implement complex pricing requirements, balancing the needs of riders, drivers, and the business goals. As an owner of one of the most critical flows in the company, you will work on a wide array of challenges such as latency-sensitive concurrency problems, large scale distributed systems, and experimentation. If you’re interested in playing a large part in demand / supply management and improving the Lyft customer experience, this could be a great fit for you. Responsibilities: Help define the roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results Lead projects of multiple people from idea to positive execution Write clear, scalable and clear design documentation Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS to deliver robust and scalable solutions Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents Share your kno

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Core Services powers the passenger and driver state machines from request and accept through drop-off and payment completion. The team enables new ride variations like autonomous vehicles, taxis, scheduled, business concierge, health and more. The “Core Services” are a suite of distributed Python and Golang systems central to Lyft’s backend. As a software engineer on the team, you will work on integrating new rider and driver products and features onto the state machine and enhancing the performance and reliability of ride state transitions. If you are excited about solving back-end distributed systems problems and owning a mission-critical part of Lyft’s operations, this team is for you. As a Software Engineer at Lyft, you will collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional teams, such as product, data science, and analytics, to lead and execute large projects—from concept to efficient execution. We are looking for motivated engineers who are passionate about solving challenging technical problems and excited to work in a fast-paced, innovative, and cross-functional environment. In this role, you will tackle some of the most interesting and impactful problems in ridesharing. Key traits for success include being passionate about Lyft’s business and product, a quick learner, a collaborative mindset, and an eagerness to drive initiatives both within and across teams. You'll be joining a small, close-knit team with engaged and collaborative co-workers. Responsibilities: Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of the Fulfillment tech stack Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various tradeoffs made in decisions Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledg

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: Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to creating a world where anyone can belong anywhere. Our Community Support (CS) team is at the heart of that mission—delivering seamless, 10-star customer service experiences complemented by world-class, personalized human support that empowers hosts and guests at every step of their journey. As a Data Scientist working on Causal Inference in CS, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a strong team of engineers, product managers, designers and operation agents to enable personalized, fair and exceptional experience for guests & hosts using advanced causal inference analysis for Community Support. The Difference You Will Make: We're looking for a motivated and talented Data Scientist with strong causal inference expertise to join the Community Support Data Science team. You'll partner closely with the area's tech lead on high-impact projects spanning AI-powered products, differentiated service, and operations optimization. The ideal candidate brings sharp applied inference intuition, a bias toward impact, and the ability to cut through ambiguity to drive clarity in complex problem spaces. You’ll work on high-impact projects like: Design rigorous experiments & quasi-experiments to measure the causal impact of CS product launches and drive data-informed launch decisions. Build causal ML models to optimize Make Goods budget allocation and maximize business impact. Conduct causal inference analyses to quantify the long-term effects of product changes and uncover heterogeneous treatment effects. Deliver strategic insights on

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 Gathering Programs Manager is responsible for end-to-end delivery and adaptation of regional Gathering & Culture programs, ensuring they support business priorities and drive meaningful connection across markets. The Difference You Will Make: This role translates global strategy into regional execution—owning programs and driving consistency and impact across locations. The individual is a strong program manager who can handle complexity, operate with autonomy, and influence stakeholders. A Typical Day: Core Program Ownership Own delivery of Host Check-In (2-day program) across EMEA, APAC, and/or AMER, ensuring consistency, quality, and continuous improvement. Lead New Hire Connection programs in-region, adapting central strategy to market needs and ensuring high-quality delivery. Own New Hire Connection for Global Ops (Dublin, Montreal and India), coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring alignment with business needs. Drive execution of Tech moments (Hackathons, Tech Days, AI Excellence Days) for key tech audiences (Seattle, NYC, Bengaluru, Beijing), ensuring relevance and strong participant experience. Regional Adaptation & Program Management Adapt global Gathering & Culture strategy to local market context. Manage end-to-end delivery of programs across multiple markets. Ensure consistency of experience while allowing for cultural nuance. Tier 1 Event Ownership Act as primary owner for Tier 1 events in-region: Lead co-design with stakeholders Drive pre-production and execution Ensure events are tailored to local team needs and business pr

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: Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to creating a world where anyone can belong anywhere. Our Community Support (CS) team is at the heart of that mission—delivering seamless, 10-star customer service experiences complemented by world-class, personalized human support that empowers hosts and guests at every step of their journey. As a Data Scientist working on Algorithms in CS, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a strong team of engineers, product managers, designers and operation agents to enable personalized, fair and exceptional experience for guests & hosts using advanced LLM/ML modeling for Community Support. The Difference You Will Make: We're looking for a talented Data Scientist with LLM/ML expertise to join the Community Support Data Science team. In this role, you'll partner closely with the tech lead to tackle significant components of high-impact projects with a direct opportunity to shape and influence our AI-powered products, differentiated service experiences, and operational optimization strategies. The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency in LLM/ML with a bias toward action and impact, comfort with ambiguity, and a passion for building scalable, scientific solutions. You’ll work on high-impact projects like: Implement advanced techniques to automate the LLM evaluation process with high efficiency and quality. Scale the high-quality synthetic datasets curation across various CS domains for training and evaluating LLM. Build LLM/ML models to understand customer issues based on diverse datasets and identify failure modes and opport

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: Our EMEA Key Account Management Team is growing and we want you to be part of it! The EMEA Key Accounts team manages the partnerships with Regional API Software providers and Enterprise Property Managers. The key goal is to grow the share of high quality stays by optimising supply at scale leveraging strategic account management, programs, incentives, and product solutions. The Difference You Will Make: As a Senior Key Accounts Manager, you will be managing partner relationships with strategic Enterprises & API Connectivity partners. You will be responsible for recruitment, enablement and optimization of our strategic partnerships and become their trusted advisor with the aim to become their number one partner and accelerate growth and performance on both sides. You will be reporting to the Key Accounts Team Lead, EMEA. This role is based in either Paris or Barcelona (hybrid, 2-3 days a week in the office), and is not eligible for relocation support. A typical day: Own a portfolio of Airbnb’s key partners and act as the key representative for these partners. Execute a global win-win strategy for your portfolio that drives value to all parties and positions Airbnb as a top strategic partner across all distribution channels. Develop strong and trusting relationships with executives and decision makers/key influencers within your API & Enterprise customers portfolio, ensure that the partnership is held to the highest industry standards and that commercial agreements as well as SLAs are met. Analyze data and utilize data-driven recommendations

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 Difference You Will Make: As a Luxe Senior Market Manager, you will drive supply growth for Airbnb Luxe in your assigned geographies — acquiring new listings and cultivating host relationships that define Luxe. You will serve as the on-the-ground market expert, combining deep knowledge of luxury real estate and travel landscape with a consultative, relationship-first approach to acquisition and account management. You will work with Luxe Guest Services, Content & Quality, and cross-functional teams to ensure every home meets Airbnb Luxe's standards. This role is equally focused on strategic growth and day-to-day excellence - you'll be equally comfortable prospecting net-new hosts, conducting business reviews, and rolling up your sleeves to solve host challenges. A Typical Day: Supply Acquisition & Pipeline Development Lead net-new host and listing acquisition in assigned markets, moving qualified leads through the funnel to meet and exceed quarterly supply goals Prospect and identify high-quality homes through external research, networking, and partnerships with luxury real estate professionals, property managers, and operators Qualify incoming leads and deliver fully vetted hosts and listings to the onboarding team with clear handoff documentation Compellingly articulate Airbnb Luxe's value proposition across all formats — phone, email, in-person — tailored to the luxury audience Market Development & Launches Own new market launches end-to-end, including lead generation, host recruitment, coordination with Home Quality and Guest Services, and post-launch performance monitoring Devel

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: Airbnb is redefining the world's approach to accommodation and travel. We are creating highly local, personal and authentic experiences for our host and guest community around the world. Our platform connects millions of people a year and furthers our mission to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. To power the global Airbnb community, we are building a world-class payments platform - one that currently supports 191 countries, 63 currencies, connects dozens of payment providers and banks, and processes billions of dollars per year for all of Airbnb’s business units. As the platform grows, we’ll be adding new payment partners, establishing licensed payments companies around the world, and building innovative payment experiences and financial products for our guests and hosts. Our goal? To create a future where transparent, simple, and familiar payment solutions can empower people, entrepreneurs and communities on our global marketplace. The Difference You Will Make: Airbnb is seeking an experienced and strategic Payment Partnerships Manager to drive the vision, execution, and ongoing performance of our partner network supporting how we pay out to our global host community across 200+ markets. Reporting to the Head of Payment Partnerships, this role is pivotal in managing the partnerships that ensure our hosts are paid reliably, efficiently, compliantly and in alignment with our growth and platform goals. You will lead business development, deal negotiation, and strategic relationship management for a portfolio of high-value payment partners. With a focus on impact a

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: We’re looking for people who know and use Airbnb and believe in what we’re trying to accomplish. Airbnb is a marketplace that connects guests and hosts, and Payments is central to creating the trust that makes every transaction possible. The Platform team plays the role of conductor, leveraging AI prototyping to bring together engineers, designers, and data scientists to build great product experiences. Our Payments Platform Managers define and execute roadmaps for their product areas, translating organizational priorities into clear plans, requirements, and measurable outcomes. The Difference You Will Make: We are building foundational platform capabilities that require expertise and experience with digital wallets and identity services, and how they interact with payment services for our guests and hosts across the world. The Senior Platform Manager, Accounts will help shape the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Payment Accounts area, and lead execution of cross-functional initiatives with partner teams across Payments, Trust, Guest & Host, and Compliance. This is a highly strategic role with a mandate to define and build new platform capabilities and initiatives from the ground up. You will own how this platform scales to many different guest and host use cases, and support business outcomes on guest and host services. You will partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, data scientists, marketplace businesses and operations to build and scale these capabilities. You will also work closely with external enterprise partners and identit

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 Homes Supply team is responsible for growing Airbnb’s supply base and ensuring we maintain a diverse, high-quality portfolio of home listings that meet guest expectations for value, variety, and experience. The team also supports hosts globally by enabling efficient planning and execution of growth strategies that align with Airbnb’s mission and resonate with local communities. The Difference You Will Make: In this role, you’ll shape the growth and performance of Airbnb’s Homes business across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (MexicoCCA). Leading a team of Market Managers, you’ll drive strategies that expand high-quality supply, strengthen host success across every segment, and enhance the guest experience. You’ll work hand-in-hand with the Country Manager, your key client, to execute country strategic plans, translating vision into measurable results. Through close collaboration with cross-functional partners, you’ll ensure Airbnb continues to deliver exceptional value to both guests and hosts in every market. A Typical Day: Lead and inspire a team of Market Managers and Market Associates to grow Airbnb’s Homes supply across MexicoCCA, expanding partnerships with hosts of all types and driving exceptional business and guest outcomes. Partner closely with the Country Manager to execute country strategic plans, ensuring alignment between local market execution and national business priorities. Design and lead territory-level strategies for acquisition, optimization, and host quality, directing teams to tailor their approach based on market maturity and host s

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: Airbnb’s Public Policy campaign team exists to further the interests of our community of hosts and guests with politicians, regulators, opinion leaders and others who shape the political and regulatory context for our business, helping them understand the significant social and economic contributions of our platform. Across the region, we are engaged in hundreds of local conversations and negotiations with governments big and small. We engage governments at local, state, provincial and national levels directly and also use innovative advocacy and partnership strategies that actively involve our community and stakeholders in making the case for fair, progressive home sharing rules. The Difference You Will Make: The main role of the Public Policy Manager is to ensure the conception and execution of successful policy campaigns in their assigned region. In coordination with the Public Policy Lead, the Public Policy Manager will draft, develop and execute integrated government relations, communications, stakeholder engagement and mobilization plans and projects to achieve key policy objectives As a Public Policy Manager, you must be meticulously organized, detail- and solutions-oriented. You are also able to see the big picture and prioritize projects strategically when needed, while understanding how to synthesize legislation, information and data that should be escalated to leadership. You should have a strong independent work ethic and excellent communication skills, and an ability to take big ideas and translate them into policy with a positive and creative outlook. The

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 Airbnb ACC Enterprise Ops team is a dynamic business unit dedicated to delivering safe, quality stays and exceptional experiences for travelers worldwide. It helps increase supply effectiveness, utilization, and impact using people-powered operations. The Difference You Will Make: As a Quality Operations Specialist, you are the operational backbone of the Services supply quality program — ensuring every Service that goes live on Airbnb meets Airbnb's standards of safety, design, and trust. You operate as the subject matter expert (SME) for your functional area with full autonomy, own quality assurance across the team, drive process improvements, and mentor L4/L5 colleagues. You represent the team in cross-functional conversations and are the primary operational point of contact for senior stakeholders. A Typical Day: As a key member of the Operations team, you will apply deep domain expertise across a range of workflows — from reviewing Service submissions to driving cross-functional process improvements. This role demands full ownership, consistent delivery against performance metrics, and the ability to lead and develop the team around you. Review onboarding funnels for incoming Services and evaluate their readiness for listing on Airbnb, ensuring all policy, design, and regulatory requirements are met. Manage daily queue prioritization and work allocation; ensure the team delivers against production goals with minimal supervision. Serve as SME — resolve escalations and complex edge cases; guide the team on policy interpretation and ambiguous decisions. Mentor and

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 Global Markets Tech team drives the evolution of our guest and host experience across international markets through product innovation that accelerates international growth . Expanding in under-penetrated markets is a core pillar of our company strategy. To achieve this, we innovate at every level - adapting our product to the unique needs of every corner of the globe so that every user across our 220+ countries and regions feels right at home. The team partners closely with Product, Design, Data Science, regional stakeholders, and core platform/vertical teams to translate local market needs into durable, scalable technology that can be piloted quickly and then rolled out broadly. The Difference You Will Make: We are looking for a product-minded Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to lead the technical strategy and drive innovative initiatives for Airbnb’s international guest experiences. At Staff level, you will set a technical vision and drive execution of solutions that are highly available, secure, efficient, and designed to scale across many markets with the needs of the international business. You will work across product, engine

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. We're looking for a Manager to own pricing strategy, monetization, and revenue operations for Discord's Consumer Revenue business — spanning Nitro subscription pricing, Shop, Orbs, and Nitro rewards. You'll be the analytical backbone behind how Discord prices and packages its subscription and virtual goods businesses as they scale globally. This is a high-impact role for someone who loves the mechanics of subscription growth and monetization: elasticity, willingness-to-pay, tiering, localization, virtual economy balance, and the trade-off between short-term revenue and long-term retention. You'll also spend a portion of your time supporting Nitro 3P partnership deal evaluation and deal desk operations, but pricing and monetization are at the core of the job. What You'll Be Doing Optimize Nitro subscription pricing strategy , managing the semi-annual pricing cycle end-to-end: from elasticity and willingness-to-pay analysis to tier structure, packaging, and rollout. Analyze Orbs virtual currency and economy strategy , including assessing virtual goods and currency bundles, monitoring economy health, and structuring offer experiments. Lead global rate reviews , keeping Nitro and Orbs pricing aligned to local purchasing power and FX movement, and identifying/mitigating cross-region arbitrage risk. Build and maintain competitive pricing intelligence across subscription and virtual goods markets, translating competitor moves into positioning recommendations. Provide analytical support to Consumer Revenue leadership , building reporting and dashboards that surface pricing performance, subscriber trends, and mo

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: BizTech fosters culture and connection at Airbnb by providing reliable corporate tools, innovative products, and technical support for all teams. We drive technical breakthroughs and strategies that redefine what it means to belong anywhere, delivering greater value for the business and our people. The Global Operations team at BizTech manages production services across Airbnb’s corporate environment, delivering reliable operations through Observability, Incident Management, Core Operations, and AI-enabled automation. We partner across BizTech to scale service quality, efficiency, and resilience. The Difference You Will Make: As a Senior Staff Engineer in Operations, you will lead and mentor a high-performing team to scale our AI-enabled operations model and deliver AIOps solutions that streamline operational workstreams and help BizTech teams focus on their core work with confidence. Ops owns triage and resolution, proactive monitoring across networks, systems, applications, and cloud services via a homegrown observability platform, and drives process excellence through automation and shift-left programs. You will set the technical bar, model operational excellence, and ensure high-quality, reliable service. Your scope includes leading projects ac