Airbnb is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Cloud Infrastructure org as a Network Infra Engineer and contribute to designing, building, and operating the software and solutions that connect all Airbnb users and services. As a member of the network infra team, you will work with talented engineers on cutting edge technologies of cloud native network stack from Layer3 - Layer7. You will have the chance to define and influence large infrastructure initiatives such as global traffic load balancing and disaster recovery, next-gen service mesh, cross-region gateways and edge security etc.

Requirements

• 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment
• Deep understanding of cloud native networking and distributed system concepts
• 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), experience working with istio, Envoy is a plus
• 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