Airbnb is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join the Data Warehouse Infrastructure team at Airbnb to design and build the next generation big data compute platform, operate and improve the reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency of the platform, write maintainable code, perform code reviews, work on open source software, and contribute to industry impact.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred
• 10+ years of experience working with data infrastructure, with a focus on big data technologies
• Proficiency in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Yarn, Spark, Presto/ Trino, Hive, and AWS EMR
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Scala
• Extensive experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Demonstrated expertise in multi-threading and concurrency programming
• Familiar with database systems, both SQL and NoSQL
• Proven ability to collaborate with other teams to define system requirements, identify potential solutions, and test and integrate systems
• Capacity to troubleshoot and resolve complex data infrastructure problems
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Design and build the next generation big data compute platform to empower data ETL, analytics and machine learning at Airbnb
• Operate, manage and improve the reliability, performance, observability and cost efficiency of the platform
• Write maintainable and self-documenting code, perform code reviews
• Work on, and contribute to open source software, and have industry impact