Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Airbnb is a global hospitality platform connecting hosts offering unique stays with guests, founded in 2007 and has facilitated over 1 billion guest arrivals worldwide.
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
12+ years of experience
Travel

Description For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Join Airbnb's Cloud Infrastructure team as a Senior Staff Engineer, where you'll lead the technical direction for the lifecycle management of Airbnb's cloud compute platform. This role is crucial in delivering and operating the foundational platforms that power Airbnb's global operations. As a member of the Cloud Native Compute Foundation's end user community, you'll work on cutting-edge cloud native engineering challenges at scale.

You'll be responsible for enhancing the engineering experience across the Cloud Infrastructure organization, building a compute platform that serves as the foundation for features in security, networking, developer experience, and efficiency. Your work will ensure consistency across multiple cloud vendors and provide the reliability, scalability, and security necessary for product teams to deliver exceptional experiences to Airbnb's global community of Guests and Hosts.

The ideal candidate brings 12+ years of infrastructure experience, with deep expertise in cloud platforms and Kubernetes. You'll lead high-impact projects, coach distributed engineering teams, and shape the multi-year strategy for Airbnb's Cloud Platform. This remote-eligible position offers the opportunity to work with a diverse, innovative team committed to creating a world where anyone can belong anywhere.

Join us in building the future of cloud infrastructure at Airbnb, where your technical leadership will directly impact millions of users worldwide. You'll be part of a company that values diverse ideas, fosters innovation, and strives to create the best products and solutions in the travel and hospitality industry.

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Responsibilities For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Contribute to the multi-year strategy to evolve Airbnb's Cloud Platform
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance the Airbnb compute platform

Requirements For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes
  • BS, MS or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 12+ years of relevant work experience in infrastructure
  • 4+ years of expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience setting technical direction, planning, and executing large projects spanning multiple teams
  • Kubernetes Experience is required
  • Istio/Envoy Experience is preferred
  • Passionate about efficiency, availability, quality and developer experience

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