Senior Software Engineer, Unified Data Store

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.

Role overview

UDS (Unified Data Store) team’s mission is to provide a reliable, scalable, and global system-of-record storage infrastructure for all Airbnb. The team is responsible for building and operating the paved path storage system for OLTP data, including all the critical data for Airbnb user, listing, booking and payment.

With over 150 million Airbnb users and hosts around the world, reliability, scalability, security and world class user experience are our team’s core tenets. As a member of this team you would be working with experienced engineers on a modern distributed storage system. You will be the technological expert on data storage systems, high performance infrastructure service APIs, as well as provide guidance to Airbnb product teams on building world class products leveraging the infrastructure service you help build.

The difference you will make / Areas of work

• ORM (Object-Relation Mapping) Service: Build and operate an ORM service that provides a flexible and easy to use experience for storing and accessing system-of-record product data, while abstracting implementation complexity such as storage, indices, data placement, replication, security and lifecycle management from product developers.

• Schema Management Platform: Empower and simplify the way engineers at Airbnb define and manage data by building and operating a generalized data schematization solution for a wide variety of storage backends. The end-to-end solution covers data modeling, schema definition, schema life-cycle management, and runtime schema discovery.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate large-scale distributed storage systems and infrastructure service APIs.
• Own and dive deeply into a complex code base, contributing production-quality code and operating services in production.
• Provide guidance to product teams on leveraging the storage infrastructure to build robust products.
• Balance reliability, scalability, security and performance while designing storage and schema solutions.

Requirements / Your expertise

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Hands-on experience in building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Good understanding of systems and infrastructure fundamentals.
• Ability to own and dive deeply in a complex code base.
• Knack for writing clean, readable, testable, maintainable code.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-working environment.

Location

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. The job lists Offices: United States.

Compensation & benefits

• Base pay range: $191,000 — $225,000 USD (actual base pay is dependent 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 & accommodations

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, contact [email protected] with your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.