Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

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 conne...

The Online Data organization ensures Airbnb customers are delighted in experiences backed by real-time data. We empower Airbnb’s builders to create these experiences by offering intuitive data interfaces and tools without the need to be database experts.

We’re hiring across multiple teams within our organization. Explore the section below to learn more about each team and the opportunities available.

9+ years of relevant industry experience
Proven track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams, setting technical direction, and growing engineers in their careers.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and infrastructure. You've architected and scaled high-performance, business-critical systems.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across teams and organizations, building alignment on technical strategy.
Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and ability to drive decisions that balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
Experience onboarding to and navigating a broad and complex codebase, and enabling others to do the same.