Senior Software Engineer, Secure Development Engineering

Details

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 built on trust. The Secure Development Engineering team is dedicated to ensuring the security and protection of the data of millions of users on our platform as they explore the world.

The Difference You Will Make

We are looking for people who want to make the Airbnb platform and customer data safer for millions of users around the world. If you're a talented individual with experience helping build guardrails and tooling to help developers utilize cloud infrastructure securely, we'd love to talk to you!

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you'll architect and implement security solutions that protect millions of users while empowering thousands of developers. You'll be at the forefront of creating a security-first engineering culture, building tools and frameworks that make secure development the path of least resistance. We're building the next generation of security-first development tools and practices that will shape the future of secure software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, launch, and operation of scalable and reusable solutions that address systemic security issues across teams.
• Drive technical security innovation by developing new coding standards for the team and organization.
• Provide input and influence architectural decisions to ensure security, scalability, quality and resilience in major product features and platform services.
• Take a hands-on role in designing and implementing secure software.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure engineers to build performant, developer-friendly solutions that integrate security into developer tools, libraries, and frameworks.
• Support secure development strategies, tooling, and product-specific security features with engineering teams to help detect and prevent diverse security issues.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks to validate deployed software against security requirements.

Requirements / Expertise

• 4+ years of software development in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure software systems.
• Thorough understanding of secure development methodologies and best practices.
• Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams and contributing to open-source tools.
• Experience with static and/or dynamic analysis.
• Experience building secure-by-default libraries or frameworks.
• Experience securing cloud infrastructure, particularly in AWS.
• Experience with mobile or web application security is a plus.
• Experience with Terraform and HCL is a plus.
• Experience building developer tools and infrastructure is a plus.

Location & Work Policy

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.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $191,000 — $223,000 USD (actual base pay depends on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands).
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Inclusion

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The company strives to provide a disability inclusive application and interview process and offers reasonable accommodations when required.