Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Careers

Airbnb

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $204,000–$255,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $230k

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This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $180,000–$238,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $209k 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 72 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $204,000–$255,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Careers

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As a Senior Engineering Manager on Airbnb’s Ingestion team within the Online Database Infrastructure organization, you will lead a talented group of developers to deliver multi-quarter cross-functional projects and provide expert guidance on data export platforms. Your day-to-day responsibilities include mentoring team members, setting technical direction, and ensuring operational excellence by proactively identifying and resolving issues. You will work with cutting-edge technologies such as distributed systems and multi-tenant storage solutions, contributing to the long-term roadmap and strategy of the organization. The role requires deep expertise in building scalable and reliable data ingestion architectures, along with a proven track record of leading engineering teams and fostering technical growth within a complex codebase environment.

Skills

Kubernetes Docker CI/CD AWS Elasticache MySQL Redis Kafka Flink Druid Zookeeper CDC PostgreSQL Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Lead cross-functional projects spanning multiple quarters.
Evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance data ingestion architecture.
Mentor and coach team members to improve technical skills and standards.
Identify and resolve operational issues proactively for the Ingestion platform.
Influence long-term roadmap and strategy for the Online Data exports platform.

What we're looking for

9+ years of industry experience in relevant technical roles.
Proven leadership in mentoring and growing engineering teams.
Expertise in distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and infrastructure scaling.
Ability to collaborate across teams and influence technical strategy.
Strong judgment on technical trade-offs for long-term maintainability.
Experience navigating complex codebases and enabling others to do the same.

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