Staff Software Engineer, Communication & Connectivity - Careers

What you'll do

• Lead the design and development of large-scale distributed data systems for batch and real-time processing.
• Build reliable data pipelines to collect, process, and serve data from diverse sources across Airbnb.
• Implement offline and online feature building processes to accelerate ML product production.
• Architect and optimize machine learning infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Mentor engineers on the team and contribute to the broader data engineering community at Airbnb.

What we're looking for

• 9+ years of industry experience or 6+ with a PhD in CS/EE or equivalent
• Strong computer science fundamentals and knowledge of architecture/design patterns
• Experience running data processing pipelines using distributed frameworks like Apache Spark/Flink
• Collaboration with client, backend, ML, analytics teams, product, and business partners
• Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines for batch and real-time processing
• Architecting and optimizing machine learning infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional team collaboration and guidance