Staff Software Engineer, Data Warehouse

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity

Employee Travel Credits

Job summary

Airbnb is building the next generation data infrastructure to support billions of guest and host interactions. You will help design a scalable, fault-tolerant compute platform used across analytics, ETL, and ML workloads.

The role emphasizes performance, cost efficiency, and reliability, with opportunities to contribute to open source projects and collaborate across teams. Remote-friendly with US-based work eligibility.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 10+ years of data infrastructure experience, focused on big data.
• Proficiency in Spark, Presto/Trino, Kubernetes.
• Strong Java/Scala programming skills and distributed systems experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the next generation big data compute platform for ETL, analytics, and ML at Airbnb.
• Operate, manage, and improve platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Write maintainable, self-documenting code and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to open source software and drive industry impact.

Skills

Big data platforms

Spark

Presto/Trino

Kubernetes

Java

Scala

Distributed systems

Multi-threading

SQL & NoSQL

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Spark

Presto/Trino

Kubernetes

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:

Data represents the voice of Airbnb's users at scale. The Data Warehouse Infrastructure team is responsible for the foundational big data infrastructure, which is used by hundreds of engineers to collect, manage, and analyze data at scale. We are using open source technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Trino, Iceberg, Airflow etc.

A Typical Day:

• Design and build the next generation big data compute platform to empower data ETL, analytics and machine learning at Airbnb
• Operate, manage and improve the reliability, performance, observability and cost efficiency of the platform.
• Write maintainable and self-documenting code, perform code reviews.
• Work on, and contribute to open source software, and have industry impact.

Your Expertise:

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 10+ years of experience working with data infrastructure, with a focus on big data technologies.
• Proficiency in big data technologies such as Spark, Presto/ Trino, Kubernates.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Scala.
• Extensive experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in multi-threading and concurrency programming.
• Familiar with database systems, both SQL and NoSQL.
• Proven ability to collaborate with other teams to define system requirements, identify potential solutions, and test and integrate systems.
• Capacity to troubleshoot and resolve complex data infrastructure problems.Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. 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 in a state 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.

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.

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

$212,000 - $265,000 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.