CareerPlan

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

USARemoteFull-time$244k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Define and execute long-term ML technical vision and strategy for the Trust organization, building and operating large-scale Machine Learning models to fight fraud and ensure safety across Airbnb's platform.

Role type

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Trust & Risk)

Builds

Production ML systems for anomaly detection, continuous risk evaluation, multimodality, and Agentic AI to protect hosts, guests, and the platform from fraud.

Domain

Travel marketplace, Trust & Risk, Fraud Detection

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Applied Machine Learning, LLMs, GenAI, Agentic AI, Scala/Python/Java/C++, Data Engineering, ML Best Practices, Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, Anomaly Detection, Kubernetes, Test Driven Development, A/B Testing

Preferred skills

Experience in Trust and Risk domain

Technologies

AgenticAI, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Define and execute long-term ML technical vision and strategy; Serve as a technical leader and mentor to other ML and software engineers; Drive and deliver large-scale, multi-quarter ML initiatives; Work with large scale structured and unstructured data to build and improve ML models; Collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities and prioritize requirements; Hands-on develop, productionize, and operate ML models and pipelines at scale.

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC