Staff Software Engineer, Secure Development Engineering

Details

Airbnb's Secure Software Development Engineering team builds guardrails, tooling, and frameworks that enable secure development practices for millions of users and thousands of developers. This role is hands-on and focuses on architecting and implementing security-first cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and automation to make secure development the path of least resistance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reusable cloud infrastructure solutions with security best practices and staff-level technical leadership.
• Drive technical innovation in infrastructure by developing new standards and fostering a secure-by-design engineering culture.
• Influence architectural decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and security of major product features and platform services in cloud environments.
• Design and implement software (hands-on engineering work expected).
• Collaborate with product and cloud infrastructure engineers to build performant, developer-friendly infrastructure and integrate security into developer tools, libraries, and frameworks.
• Guide secure development strategies, tooling, and product-specific features with engineering teams to ensure resilience against a wide range of security issues.
• Architect and build robust automation frameworks to validate deployed infrastructure and software against security and reliability requirements.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience in at least one of: Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, JavaScript.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure systems software.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure (examples called out: AWS, GCP, Azure) and best practices for securing cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, including network security and identity and access management in cloud environments.
• Thorough understanding of secure development methodologies and best practices.
• Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience building secure-by-default libraries or frameworks.
• 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 with your manager.
• Candidates must live in a U.S. state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity (some states are excluded). Offices listed: United States.

Compensation & Additional Info

• Base pay range: $204,000 — $255,000 USD (actual base pay depends on experience, skills, market and other factors).
• This role may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
• Airbnb is committed to inclusion and belonging and provides disability accommodations during the application process. Contact [email protected] if needed.