Premiere on the French tech scene: Airbnb is organizing a 12 hours hackathon in its Paris HQ on July 12th to support the recruiting process of a new local engineering team.
The five roles open in France will join the recently acquired French startup Luckey to support the development of new services and tools dedicated to our growing home sharing community.
The hackathon
The event
Starting from Friday 6PM until Saturday 10AM, Airbnb is inviting 40 French software developers in its Paris office to work together on the best tools and solutions to support the growing global network of services dedicated to our host community.
For one night long, the selected participants will contribute to design and improve the best softwares to match the fast scaling concierge services dedicated to Airbnb hosts in big cities all around the World, under supervision of an international team of Airbnb developers.
Winners’ prizes
The bearers of best projects will be awarded prizes including up to €2000 worth of coupons to travel with Airbnb next summer. Participants will also be offered to join the ongoing recruiting process for a team of five new Airbnb engineers in France who will join the Luckey team to support the growth of concierge services for Airbnb hosts and guests all around the World.
About Luckey
Acquired in December 2018 by Airbnb, the French startup Luckey has developed leading technology and skills to make hosting easier on Airbnb. The Luckey team now works inside Airbnb on building a global service platform that will support the fast growth of short term rental management services all around the World and make hosting easier for everyone. In order to do that Luckey is currently recruiting for 35 different new roles in France 2019