Staff Software Engineer
Core
Architecting and operating the mission-critical global system-of-record storage platform that powers user profiles, listings, reservations, and financial transactions for Airbnb.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Systems Infrastructure)
Builds
A modern distributed infrastructure service (UDS Client Stack) enabling hundreds of product teams to ship features with confidence.
Domain
Travel technology / Global distributed data infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems design, storage internals, networking, global consistency models, technical strategy, system reliability, fault tolerance, mentorship
Preferred skills
Applied AI for data management, system observability
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Define multi-year technical roadmap and long-term architecture for the UDS client stack, design high-performance data access layers, lead deep-dive design reviews, establish best practices for fault-tolerant systems, partner globally to align architecture and drive adoption
Seniority
Staff, hands-on technical leader with strategic scope
