Senior Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

Airbnb is a global platform connecting hosts and guests through unique stays and experiences. The Senior Software Engineer, Tech Foundations will shape and execute infrastructure and products for AI-powered developer tooling, including agentic coding tools, asynchronous AI workflows, SDKs, and AI-assisted code migration. The role also involves making architectural decisions, advising teams on AI adoption, and maintaining reliable platform systems.

Responsibilities:

• Help shape and drive our AI for Developers strategy, from ideation through shipping, while bringing strong sense of ownership and coding across various stacks
• Make pragmatic architectural and technical decisions, balancing ambition with real-world constraints and long-term operability
• Stay current on the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape, and help the team balance innovation with incremental, measurable developer impact
• Serve as a champion, expert, coach, and consultant to empower teams and leaders across the company to adopt and leverage new AI capabilities in their day to day workflows
• Champion engineering excellence through high-quality code, thoughtful design, and reliable systems
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence for the team's platform components

Requirements:

• 7+ years industry experience (or equivalent depth of expertise)
• Prior experience building developer infrastructure, tooling, or platforms, ideally at scale and with tools, frameworks, or systems commonly used in the industry
• Hands-on experience applying AI technologies to real-world software development challenges
• A track record of quickly ramping up in new domains, technologies, or languages — and a genuine excitement for continuous learning
• Demonstrated success partnering cross-functionally, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, Typescript, or Kotlin
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree or equivalent experience
• 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. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so 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