Staff Data Engineer - Data AI-Listings & Structured Data

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

Users, Listings and Marketplaces Data and AI (ULM-DnA) Org is a group of machine learning, data, and analytics engineers responsible for creating new data products that drive quality understanding and bookings. You’ll be part of the overall Guest and Host organization responsible for the Airbnb web and native apps used by hundreds of millions of guests and Hosts.

Listings and Structured Data and AI (LSD-DnA) team is one of the 4 teams of the ULM-DnA org. The LSD-DnA team supports host personalization products and provides data driven solutions to achieve superior host experience on Airbnb. These products include but are not limited to managing your space (MYS), host quality standards, etc. The team owns data pipelines and ML models and builds services for serving that are used in the above areas.

Responsibilities

• Architect and productionize batch and real-time data systems to power products for Airbnb Guests and Hosts, or business/sales teams.
• Ensure the quality, performance, and stability of data systems with thoughtful quality systems and monitoring.
• Tune, productionize, and optimize data systems powering Airbnb products.
• Collaborate with product teams to extract data requirements from product specs to develop scalable and flexible systems.
• Collaborate and build relationships with partner engineering including backend/client, data science, analytics, and ML.
• Work closely with ML engineers to develop integrated data and machine learning solutions.

Requirements / Your Expertise

• 9+ years of relevant industry experience with a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in CS/EE, or equivalent experience, or 6+ years of experience with a PhD.
• Experience collaborating with client, backend, ML, and analytics teams, as well as product and business partners.
• Experience designing and deploying high performance systems with reliable monitoring and logging practices.
• Ability to work across team boundaries to establish overarching data architecture and data flow, and provide guidance to individual teams.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and query authoring (SQL).
• Strong expertise with Java, Scala, and Spark, and operating on data at the petabyte scale.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with your manager. While Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you which states you are eligible to work from.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $204,000 — $255,000 USD.
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Inclusion & Accommodation

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible and fostering inclusion. Candidates with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation for the application/interview process are encouraged to contact [email protected] with their full name, the role, and needed accommodation.