Machine Learning Engineer, Customer Support Engineering - Careers

Airbnb

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$162,000–$186,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $223k
This role $174k
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This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $195,750–$249,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $174k versus about $223k for comparable roles.

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About Airbnb

Founded in 2008 and formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc., Airbnb is a global marketplace connecting travelers with hosts who offer unique accommodations, ranging from private rooms to entire homes. It operates a massive digital platform for booking stays, experiences, and travel services worldwide.

Airbnb currently has 78 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $204,000–$255,000 across 47 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Machine Learning Engineer, Customer Support Engineering - Careers

Join the Core ML team in Community Support at Airbnb as an experienced Machine Learning Engineer or Research Scientist with 3+ years of relevant industry experience. You will lead the development and enhancement of cutting-edge AI models and services to revolutionize customer service, focusing on Chat and Voice AI Assistants. Your day-to-day involves championing novel ML systems, collaborating cross-functionally to design efficient AI solutions for CS products, and staying abreast of the latest advancements in LLMs and Agentic AI technologies. Key skills include hands-on experience with large language models, fine-tuning techniques like SFT and RLHF, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, and production-grade ML system deployment at scale. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape visionary concepts into impactful customer service innovations within the dynamic Airbnb ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Develop novel ML systems and product integrations to enhance Airbnb's customer service.
  • Build and fine-tune large language models using SFT, RLHF, GRPO, and prompt engineering techniques.
  • Design and implement agentic AI systems with multi-agent orchestration and autonomous reasoning pipelines.
  • Optimize performance of AI solutions by leveraging MLOps best practices and ML infrastructure.
  • Collaborate on the development and deployment of production-grade ML/AI systems at scale.

What we're looking for

  • PhD or Master's degree in CS, ML, AI or related field with 3+ years of experience.
  • Expertise in large language models (LLM) including pretraining and fine-tuning techniques.
  • Experience building agentic AI systems with multi-agent orchestration and autonomous reasoning pipelines.
  • Track record of shipping production-grade ML/AI systems at scale with MLOps best practices.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly within Engineering, Product, and Design teams.

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