Senior Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

Airbnb; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote eligible

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain a scalable zero‑trust client platform for corporate endpoints. You will collaborate with security and product teams to deliver secure access for employees and partners.

The role requires strong software engineering skills (Go, Python, or Java), Kubernetes experience, and a passion for mentoring junior engineers. Remote‑eligible with California base preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in test driven software development.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Java and cloud platforms.
• Experience with Kubernetes and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, secure client‑endpoints platform.
• Enhance and secure the zero‑trust infrastructure for Airbnb employees.
• Collaborate with security engineering and product teams to enable business value.
• Lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Test‑driven development

Cloud architectures

Mentoring

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join

Airbnb is a mission‑driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb's various functions embody the company's innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

The Client and Identity Engineering team is accountable for establishing the user identity and endpoint security infrastructure in Airbnb's corporate environment. Client and Identity Engineering encompass corporate zero trust deployments. Our systems enable all Airbnb employees and partners to have secure access to the data they need at the right time and in the right context. We provide Airbnb employees and partners with the best-in-class experience, enabling them to effectively build our platform.

The Difference You Will Make

The team works on systems which have higher reliability and security requirements than most backend systems or services. Our products are critical services, downtime across these services can result in downtime for Airbnb employees and partners. In addition, the team collaborates closely with our security engineering teams to design new features and evolve the platforms to meet the engineering challenges as business needs present themselves.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build and maintain robust, scalable, and secure systems that underpin the entire Airbnb Zero Trust ecosystem. You will play a pivotal role in the execution for these critical platforms. This is an opportunity to be a part of impactful work, and contribute to the safety and trust of the Airbnb community.

A Typical Day

• Work with open source products to build the next generation client platform for all Airbnb corporate endpoints.
• Build on our zero trust back end suite, supporting security services, network paths, and user and device signaling, with a mind for enabling value for the business for their best work.
• Support executive level Airbnb staff with endpoint and identity solutions.
• Work with product and engineering teams to optimize endpoints and identity flows for Airbnb employees and partners.

Your Expertise

• Bachelor's and/or Master/PhD's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in test driven software development.
• Extensive experience with Go, Python, or Java (Go strongly preferred).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code deployments.
• Experience developing and deploying services in a Kubernetes environment.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Show motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support the team's needs.

Bonus Points

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Apple MDM spec and its implementation in modern MDM deployments.
• Understanding of authentication and authorization principles and technologies, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID, SAML, ABAC, and related Zero Trust security protocols.

Your Location

This position is based in California - ideally San Francisco. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.

While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

How We’ll Take Care Of You

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range

$196,000—$227,000 USD

Reasonable Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively‑led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [e-mail]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.