Airbnb Software Developer reviews

4.6

92% would recommend to a friend

(127 total reviews)
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Brian Chesky

99% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Airbnb with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 127 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Airbnb is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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127 reviews
4.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work remotely Good engineering support and setups to build

Cons

Too much communication. I know what I am talking about. It is rare that communication can be too much, but here it is. Part of the reason is working fully remotely, which is reasonable. But the other part is that there are too many opinions from product management. And the permissions from Engineering teams are limited to what’s planed, what’s committed and what’s the process of approvals allowed. A technology company lead by product/experience design means things are running on product/design taste and unverified hypothesis a lot. Eval driven is new to the company and it still far away from rooting in the culture.

4.0
Mar 20, 2026

Ok

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good WLB, pay is decent, culture is good

Cons

Not too much career growth

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