Staff Software Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

Airbnb

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$204,000–$255,000 / yr
Posted
57 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $230k
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This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $198,875–$239,550 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $219k 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 65 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $200,000–$240,000 across 51 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

Staff Software Engineer, Communication & Connectivity will join the Communication and Connectivity team to design and build large-scale, distributed data systems for both batch and real-time processing. This role involves shaping the long-term vision and roadmap while collaborating with backend, client, data science, analytics, and machine learning engineering teams. The engineer will develop reliable data pipelines from diverse sources, implement offline and online feature building processes, and architect machine learning infrastructure optimized for performance and cost-effectiveness. Key technical requirements include experience with distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Flink, as well as expertise in end-to-end Machine Learning products. The role focuses on the core problem of powering messaging and notification features using GenAI and large language models to enhance user experiences through robust, scalable data architecture and infrastructure.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

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What you'll do

  • Design and build large-scale distributed data systems for both batch and real-time processing.
  • Develop and maintain reliable data pipelines to collect and process information from diverse sources.
  • Implement offline and online feature building processes to accelerate the production of machine learning products.
  • Architect and build machine learning infrastructure optimized for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Shape the team's long-term vision and roadmap in collaboration with cross-functional partners.
  • Establish overarching data architecture and flow across different team boundaries.
  • Mentor and develop engineers while influencing the broader data engineering community at Airbnb.

What we're looking for

  • Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/EE with 9+ years of relevant experience.
  • Hold a PhD with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
  • Possess strong computer science fundamentals and knowledge of architecture and common design patterns.
  • Experience running production data processing pipelines using distributed frameworks like Apache Spark or Flink.
  • Experience working on or with end-to-end Machine Learning products.
  • Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams including backend, client, data science, analytics, and ML engineering.
  • Proven ability to design and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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