Senior Trust Platform Engineer — AI‑First, Remote

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 looking for a Senior Technical Individual Contributor to drive the Trust Platform vision and architecture. This role requires over 12 years of backend and platform engineering experience, partnering with cross-functional teams to lead and mentor engineers. You will also advocate for an AI-first engineering approach and contribute to high-quality fraud and safety decision-making systems. The position is US-Remote Eligible with a pay range of $248,000—$310,000 USD.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of backend and platform engineering experience.
• Guided multi-year technical roadmaps successfully.
• Exceptional communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute long-term vision for the Trust Platform.
• Drive architectural direction for fraud and safety decisioning systems.
• Lead and mentor engineers in the Trust engineering ecosystem.

Skills

Backend & platform engineering

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Observability

Kotlin

Java

Scala

Education

BS, MS or Ph.D. in computer science or related field

Tools

Modern languages (Kotlin, Java, Scala)

AI-assisted development workflows

Job description

Airbnb is looking for a Senior Technical Individual Contributor to drive the Trust Platform vision and architecture. This role requires over 12 years of backend and platform engineering experience, partnering with cross-functional teams to lead and mentor engineers. You will also advocate for an AI-first engineering approach and contribute to high-quality fraud and safety decision-making systems. The position is US-Remote Eligible with a pay range of $248,000—$310,000 USD.