Airbnb is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's mission-driven team to revolutionize the search experience and help anyone feel like they can belong anywhere. As a Search Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead projects to improve search experience, personalize search results, and build the next generation search platform.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 9+ years of industry experience with a BS/Masters, and 6+ years with a PhD
• Expertise in search and recommendation systems
• A track record of tech-leading engineering teams to deliver technical solutions with high quality
• Great communication skills in collaboration with cross-functional partners

Responsibilities

• Lead search infrastructure engineering projects to improve search experience, in collaboration with product teams
• Think about personalizing search experience by understanding our users and their travel intent deeply
• Up-level search system reliability, scalability and performance, in collaboration with Infrastructure teams
• Build the next generation search platform to power different products at Airbnb, including generative AI (large language model) use cases
• Mentor, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors
• A large trunk of focus time to implement an important component of the search platform, with GitHub Copilot as your assistant
• Attend a design workshop for the next generation search platform
• Give a presentation to senior leadership about the plan for the search platform
• Discuss with cross-functional partners (e.g., product managers, designers) on the technical design of an exciting new search feature
• Have a 1:1 mentoring session with a principal engineer
• Attend an in-person gathering with team members and partners