Staff Software Engineer, Adaptive Risk Investigations

Airbnb's Trust team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Adaptive Risk Investigation (ARI) team, which is crucial in protecting their community of over 5 million hosts and billions of guests from fraud and safety issues. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering to build foundational tools that empower Trust Operations. The position involves working with cutting-edge distributed systems and platform architecture to tackle evolving fraud attacks.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead technical design and implementation of scalable solutions, mentor team members, and shape the technical vision of trust defense systems. You'll collaborate across product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality features that strengthen Airbnb's trust defenses. The role requires expertise in backend development, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures, with opportunities to work with technologies like Java, Kotlin, Scala, and GraphQL.

The position offers competitive compensation ($204,000 - $255,000), equity, and benefits, with the flexibility of remote work within eligible US states. You'll be joining a company that values diversity and inclusion, working on challenging problems in online and offline risk management. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the safety and trust of one of the world's largest hospitality platforms while working with a talented team of engineers and cross-functional partners.