Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes at Scale

Airbnb, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity

Employee Travel Credits

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Software Engineer for its Cloud Infrastructure team to design, build, and operate the core infrastructure platform that powers Airbnb services. You will focus on developer APIs, CLIs, Kubernetes infrastructure, autoscaling, and cloud automation, ensuring reliability and high availability for a global user base.

You will collaborate with a diverse engineering team, drive production readiness, and push for efficiency and scalability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience with advanced degrees or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Operate and deliver cloud infrastructure components and developer APIs
• Manage Kubernetes infrastructure and autoscaling at scale
• Improve availability, reliability, and performance of the platform
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enable Airbnb services
• Own and debug complex distributed systems end‑to‑end

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

Production debugging

Ownership

Education

BS/Masters in CS or related field

PhD in CS or related (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

EC2

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Software Engineer for its Cloud Infrastructure team to design, build, and operate the core infrastructure platform that powers Airbnb services. You will focus on developer APIs, CLIs, Kubernetes infrastructure, autoscaling, and cloud automation, ensuring reliability and high availability for a global user base.

You will collaborate with a diverse engineering team, drive production readiness, and push for efficiency and scalability.