Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Cloud Infrastructure - Identity & Security team and build cutting-edge cloud-native infrastructure. You will deliver secure and efficient platforms, investigate industry best practices, and systematically improve availability. Collaborate with talented engineers to build the foundation for Airbnb's technical growth. This US-remote eligible position requires 5-9+ years of relevant software development experience and expertise in public cloud providers and their security offerings. The role offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Requirements

• 5-9+ years of relevant software development experience with a BS/Masters or 2+ years with a PhD. in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment
• Expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their Identity & Security offerings (e.g. IAM, KMS, Secrets Management)
• Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working with authentication and authorization technologies used for workload identities (OIDC, mTLS, RBAC, certificates, JWT tokens, etc.)
• Strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software lifecycle
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• Strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills
• Passionate about cloud security risks management, secure by default configurations, and blast radius reduction

Responsibilities

• Build cutting edge cloud native infrastructure on top of the public cloud
• Deliver frameworks and platforms that are secure, efficient, mature and highly available that abstract away infrastructure complexity
• Investigate and adapt industry best practices to Airbnb’s unique environment
• Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices
• Work with other talented and friendly infrastructure and infosec engineers to build the foundation for Airbnb’s technical growth over the next decade

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits