Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Identity Team and play a crucial role in enhancing transparency and trust within our global community by developing cutting-edge identity verification solutions. The team works with various departments to verify users and build trust on the platform. You will work on Identity Verification Expansion, incorporating new verification methods to maintain platform safety and adapt to technological advancements. You will also contribute to Business Verification, creating capabilities to verify businesses and other user segments. Additionally, you will enhance existing systems to identify and address identity misuse, collaborating with operations to optimize detection strategies. Finally, you will optimize vendor collaborations, streamlining processes and exploring innovative technologies like ML and AI to reduce reliance on external vendors. This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and make a significant impact on Airbnb's security and trust.

Requirements

• 6+ years industry experience
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Experience in building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products (or systems)
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems
• Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
• Mentorship to junior developers
• Experience in fraud prevention or identity systems

Responsibilities

• Work on systems at scale with large data sets, build and continuously improve applications for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners including software engineers, product managers, operations and data scientists, identify opportunities for business impact, understand, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems, drive engineering decisions, and quantify impact
• Hands-on prototype, develop, productionize, and test solutions and defenses to existing and emerging fraud trends

Benefits

• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits
• $185,000 — $220,000 USD