Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infra

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.

Community You Will Join

Dev Infra’s mission is to enable Airbnb developers to develop, merge and release high quality code quickly and reliably. This team works on infrastructure that enable Airbnb developers to be productive across all stages of the software development lifecycle.

The Difference You Will Make

We're building cloud-based developer environments, blazing-fast build systems, and a polyglot monorepo that serves as a home for all infrastructure-authored code. You'll drive technical strategy, lead by example in writing high-leverage infrastructure code, and influence the direction of our Python and Bazel-based polyglot monorepo strategy. You’ll partner closely with engineers across the Infra org, AI/ML community, Developer Platform, and broader Airbnb engineering community to reduce friction in daily development workflows — from source control and build systems to IDE responsiveness and code review tooling.

A Typical Day

We’re looking for an engineer with deep expertise in Python, Bazel, and infrastructure development in large-scale monorepo environments—someone who can build robust tools, optimize build performance, and scale developer workflows across the organization.

In this role you will be:

• Responsible for building the technical strategy and evolving Airbnb’s developer infrastructure that directly moves core metrics (Developer Experience, Developer Velocity, Debuggability, Resilience and Reliability) while reducing cost.
• Partnering with engineering leaders across all Airbnb teams for adoption of new capabilities.
• A player/coach of the high-performance team to ensure code quality, commitment to craft and operational excellence.
• Delivering frameworks and platforms that are secure, efficient, mature, and highly available, abstracting infrastructure complexity.
• Working with other infrastructure engineers to build the foundation for Airbnb’s technical growth over the next decade.

Your Expertise

• 9+ years of industry and/or relevant academic experience
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS or equivalent experience
• Experience leading and shipping large technical projects in collaboration with experienced engineers
• Full-cycle developer with strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems
• Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Excellent communication skills and team collaboration
• Strong problem-solving and solid debugging skills
• Passionate about developer productivity and improving developer experiences

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. You must live in a US state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

Benefits

This role’s base pay range is $204,000 to $255,000 USD and may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb encourages diverse ideas fostering innovation and engagement. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The company also provides a disability-inclusive application and interview process with accommodations available upon request.