Staff Software Engineer - Streaming Infrastructure (Remote)

Airbnb; United States; Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the ingestion data platform for Online Database Infrastructure. You will lead a team delivering multi-quarter projects, collaborating with product teams to optimize data exports, and shaping the long-term roadmap while mentoring engineers in a high-performance environment.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and scalable architectures, with remote-eligible work in the US and potential office attendance as agreed

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Proven track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and infrastructure.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across teams and organizations.
• Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and long-term maintainability.
• Experience onboarding to and navigating a broad codebase.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers to deliver multi-quarter cross-functional projects.
• Guide and collaborate with internal product teams to effectively use data ingestion platforms.
• Stay up-to-date with data ingestion tech and evaluate new approaches.
• Influence the team’s long-term roadmap and strategy.
• Mentor and coach team members to raise technical standards.
• Take part in on-call rotations and raise operational standards.

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the ingestion data platform for Online Database Infrastructure. You will lead a team delivering multi-quarter projects, collaborating with product teams to optimize data exports, and shaping the long-term roadmap while mentoring engineers in a high-performance environment.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, multi-tenant storage, and scalable architectures, with remote-eligible work in the US and potential office attendance as agreed