Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Networking team within the Cloud Infrastructure organization and contribute to the design, building, and operation of the software and solutions connecting all Airbnb users and services globally. As a member of this team, you will work with cutting-edge cloud-native network stack technologies (Layer 3-Layer 7), contributing to key infrastructure components. You will have the opportunity to influence large infrastructure initiatives, collaborate with open-source communities (e.g., Istio, k8s), and impact the industry. This role requires significant experience in large-scale networking systems and software development. The position is US-Remote Eligible, with occasional office work or offsite attendance.

Requirements

• 5-9+ years of industry experience with a BS/Masters or 2+ years with a PhD with relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment
• Expertise with virtual network architecture on public cloud providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) and their network service offerings (e.g., VPC, Security Group, PrivateLink and related products.)
• Experience running large scale networking systems and software (e.g. Edge proxies, DNS, CDN, network gateways)
• You are a full-cycle developer: strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software life cycle
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering teams
• You are a strong problem solver and have led a team that is on-call for production infrastructure before
• You are passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality

Responsibilities

• Work with open source communities (e.g. istio) to build the next generation service mesh for all Airbnb back-end services
• Build the cross-region gateways and load balancers for global Airbnb services
• Work with external partners and internal engineering and security teams to deliver edge security systems that protect Airbnb services
• Design the multi-region network architecture on public clouds, and build software and operation tools to manage Airbnb’s production network
• Work with product and engineering teams to optimize the network performance for Airbnb services

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with istio, Envoy

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits