Senior ML Platform Engineer - Host Pricing & Settings

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is looking for a Senior Technical Contributor to drive the technical strategy for their ML Serving and API interfaces. You will lead the architecture of model deployment and be hands-on in code contributions. With 12+ years in backend engineering, proficiency in programming languages like Java and Python is key. This role is remote eligible across multiple US locations.

Your impact will be seen through improved processes and infrastructure, defining clear contracts between teams, and mentoring engineers to excel.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in backend or platform engineering.
• Experience building production ML systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, Scala, and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for ML Serving and API interfaces.
• Define architecture for model deployment.
• Review ML serving architecture and tradeoff calls.

Skills

Backend or platform engineering

Production ML systems

Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python

ML systems design

High-scale data pipelines

Cross-team technical initiatives

Tools

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Job description

Airbnb is looking for a Senior Technical Contributor to drive the technical strategy for their ML Serving and API interfaces. You will lead the architecture of model deployment and be hands-on in code contributions. With 12+ years in backend engineering, proficiency in programming languages like Java and Python is key. This role is remote eligible across multiple US locations.

Your impact will be seen through improved processes and infrastructure, defining clear contracts between teams, and mentoring engineers to excel.