Senior Software Engineer, Zero Trust Foundations (Remote)

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

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Client and Identity Engineering team in California, focused on building robust, scalable, and secure systems that underpin Airbnb's Zero Trust ecosystem. You will enable secure access for employees and partners across the corporate environment.

You will work with open source products, security services, and identity flows, while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with product teams to deliver reliable endpoints for Airbnb staff and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master/PhD 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 (AWS/Azure/GCP) and IaC deployments.
• Experience developing and deploying services in a Kubernetes environment.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills within engineering teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support the team's needs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain robust, scalable, and secure systems underpinning Airbnb's Zero Trust ecosystem.
• Collaborate with security engineering teams to evolve platforms as business needs arise.
• Work with product and engineering teams to optimize endpoints and identity flows.
• Support Airbnb staff with endpoint and identity solutions.
• Lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Software architecture

Debugging

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

SAML

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Client and Identity Engineering team in California, focused on building robust, scalable, and secure systems that underpin Airbnb's Zero Trust ecosystem. You will enable secure access for employees and partners across the corporate environment.

You will work with open source products, security services, and identity flows, while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with product teams to deliver reliable endpoints for Airbnb staff and