Staff Software Engineer, Data Ingestion & Foundations

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Employee Travel Credits

Bonus potential

Benefits

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Tech Foundations within the Online Data organization. You will help build and own high‑performing, multi‑tenant data services and ingestion platforms that power real-time experiences across Airbnb’s ecosystem.

You will mentor engineers, guide architectural choices, and drive long‑term technical strategy with cross‑team impact. This remote‑eligible role requires collaboration with product and platform teams and occasional office visits in the US.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of industry experience leading engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and scalable storage.
• Ability to influence across teams and drive technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers to deliver multi-quarter cross-functional projects.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards within the team.
• Stay up-to-date with data ingestion technologies and evaluate new approaches.
• Influence the team’s long-term roadmap and strategy for ingestion platforms.
• Mentor and coach team members to enhance skills and standards.
• Raise operational standards and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant storage

Leadership & mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Technical strategy

Onboarding to large codebases

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Tech Foundations within the Online Data organization. You will help build and own high‑performing, multi‑tenant data services and ingestion platforms that power real-time experiences across Airbnb’s ecosystem.

You will mentor engineers, guide architectural choices, and drive long‑term technical strategy with cross‑team impact. This remote‑eligible role requires collaboration with product and platform teams and occasional office visits in the US.