Staff Software Engineer, Secure Development Engineering

The Community You Will Join:

Airbnb is built on trust. The Secure Software Development Engineering  team is dedicated to ensuring the security and protection of the data of millions of users on our platform as they explore the world.

The Difference You Will Make:

We are looking for people who want to make the Airbnb platform and customer data safer for millions of users around the world. If you're a talented individual with experience helping build guardrails and tooling to help developers utilize cloud infrastructure securely, we'd love to talk to you!

As a Staff Software Engineer on our team, you'll architect and implement security solutions that protect millions of users while empowering thousands of developers. You'll be at the forefront of creating a security-first engineering culture, building tools and frameworks that make secure development the path of least resistance. We're building the next generation of security-first development tools and practices that will shape the future of secure software engineering.

A Typical Day: 

Here are a few things you’ll do in this role:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reusable cloud infrastructure solutions, applying security best practices and staff-level leadership.
• Drive technical innovation in infrastructure by developing new standards, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and secure-by-design principles.
• Provide input and influence architectural decisions to ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of major product features and platform services within cloud environments.
• Lead, design and implement software (this is a hands-on role!)
• Collaborate with product and cloud infrastructure engineers to build performant, developer-friendly infrastructure, integrating security into developer tools, libraries, and frameworks.
• Guide secure development strategies, tooling, and product-specific features with engineering teams, ensuring infrastructure is resilient against a wide range of security issues.
• Architect and build robust automation frameworks to validate deployed infrastructure and software against security and reliability requirements.

Your Expertise:

The following are some examples of profiles that are relevant to us. If a subset of these things apply to you, please consider applying. We are looking to build a team of both specialists in security and generalists in software engineering.

• 6+ years of software development in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, JavaScript
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure systems software
• In-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and best practices for securing cloud environments
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, including network security, identity and access management in cloud environments.
• Thorough understanding of secure development methodologies and best practices
• Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience building secure-by-default libraries or frameworks
• Experience building developer tools and infrastructure is a plus

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: [email protected]. 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.