Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Airbnb is a global platform that enables hosts to offer stays and experiences that connect guests with communities. The Staff Software Engineer will lead infrastructure initiatives for online data ingestion and database export platforms, guide technical strategy, mentor engineers, and improve the reliability and scalability of distributed systems.

Responsibilities:

• As a member of this team you would be working with talented engineers on cutting edge technologies to help support Airbnb’s business. You will be the resident expert on the online data exports platform and guide and collaborate with our internal product teams to effectively use the platform
• Lead a team of developers to deliver multi-quarter cross functional projects
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in data ingestion systems and evaluate and incorporate new technologies and methodologies to improve the existing data ingestion architecture/solution
• Influence the team’s and organization’s long-term roadmap and strategy
• Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and technical standards in the team
• Raise operational standards by effectively and proactively identifying, debugging and fixing operational issues. Be part of the oncall rotation for the Ingestion team

Requirements:

• 9+ years of relevant industry experience
• Proven track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams, setting technical direction, and growing engineers in their careers
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and infrastructure. You've architected and scaled high-performance, business-critical systems
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across teams and organizations, building alignment on technical strategy
• Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and ability to drive decisions that balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability
• Experience onboarding to and navigating a broad and complex codebase, and enabling others to do the same
• 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