Senior Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven Content Platform

Airbnb; United States; On-site; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

bonus

equity

benefits

Employee Travel Credits

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Content Platform to shape AI-driven system transformation and multi-team collaboration. You will define long-range technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and partner with leadership across Product, Design, Marketing, and Eng to set priorities and drive architectural standards at scale.

The role requires deep backend expertise, distributed systems experience, and a proven ability to influence across teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical vision and strategy for the Content Platform org, ensuring architectural decisions scale across teams and align with broader company technology direction.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Backend development

AI-driven systems

Java/Kotlin

LangGraph

GraphQL

Databases

Redis

Microservices

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Scalability

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Java

Kotlin

LangGraph

GraphQL

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Redis

Microservices

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Content Platform to shape AI-driven system transformation and multi-team collaboration. You will define long-range technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and partner with leadership across Product, Design, Marketing, and Eng to set priorities and drive architectural standards at scale.

The role requires deep backend expertise, distributed systems experience, and a proven ability to influence across teams.