Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings

Airbnb

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings

As a senior technical individual contributor on Airbnb’s Host Pricing & Settings team, you will lead the rearchitecture of their sophisticated ML system, ensuring seamless transitions from model development to production. Your day-to-day involves defining architecture for feature stores and model schema management, building out a unified serving stack, and architecting backfill infrastructure to expedite evaluation processes. You will collaborate closely with Data Science, MLEs, and core Pricing & Availability teams to establish clear technical interfaces. Ideal candidates have over 12 years of experience in backend or platform engineering, expertise in Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python, and a deep understanding of ML systems design including feature stores and online/offline inference pipelines. Experience with high-scale data pipelines like Spark, Airflow, Kafka, and feature store tools such as Chronon, Tecton, or Feast is highly valued.

What you'll do

  • Define architecture for moving models from development to production, including feature store design.
  • Lead buildout of unified serving stack to streamline data scientists' path from training to production.
  • Architect backfill infrastructure enabling rapid historical data simulation for model evaluation.
  • Establish clear domain contracts between modeling and serving teams for independent progress.
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews and hands-on pairing on complex infrastructure challenges.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of backend or platform engineering experience in building production ML systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, Scala, and/or Python.
  • Deep understanding of ML system design including feature stores and training/serving consistency.
  • Experience with high-scale batch and real-time data pipelines for point-in-time correctness.
  • Expertise in architectural patterns for large applications, efficient APIs, and multi-tenant serving infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives involving ML and platform engineering.

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