Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Security
$204-255k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$204-255k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We’d love to talk to you if you’re a talented individual who is passionate about finding security weaknesses and crafting highly scalable solutions
- 9+ years of software development or job related work experience
- Prior experience in data loss prevention or related security fields
- Knowledge of data classification, encryption, and compliance frameworks
- Working knowledge of cloud computing (AWS), GCP, or Azure is a plus
- Prior experience with Airflow is a plus
- Significant experience in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin, Python
- Significant experience in any of the following: Generalist Backend, Data Engineering, or Security Engineer experience
- AI/ML experience is a plus
- Experience finding ways to enable other engineers to develop secure products by default without requiring security expertise
- Significant experience in building robust internal products/tools or production backend services at scale is a plus
- Defensive security experience, shipping projects that mitigate application or infrastructure risks at scale is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a talented and experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead our efforts in identifying, securing, and preventing the leakage of data
- This role will involve designing and implementing robust controls to safeguard our data infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure security best practices and privacy compliance
- We are enablers who make it easier for engineers to create secure features, not blockers
- Develop and implement systems to identify and protect sensitive and personal data
- Data Protection Platform (DPP): Build the end to end platform to automatically classify the Airbnb data and protect the data based on the classifications with various strategies such as uplevel and scale services for automatic detection for data classification
- Contribute to the auto detection of the secret and critical data using advanced machine learning models and Regex patterns for all types of data storages such as Relational and Non-relational databases, Cloud Storage, Code
- Design and enforce controls to prevent data leakage across various platforms. Automate security enforcement at scale, collaborate with data platform teams and product teams for data governance best practice, such as Notifications, Call to action, or Access Revocation
- Implement Robust access controls, encryption and data masking to protect sensitive data and enable responsible AI/ML
- Collaborate with Data Infrastructure to design and build complex back end architecture that are both performative and scalable to provide a deep understanding of the risk of all Airbnb data, such as data ownership, data access, and data lineage etc
- Build the platform to manage all the 3rd-party vendors integrated with the Airbnb platform and protect the Airbnb user data shared with vendors
- Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure, leveraging AWS cloud technologies. Find opportunities to expand DLP coverage on AWS-Corp, Azure, GCP and OCI
- Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with data protection regulations
- Integrate AI/ML into security practices to bring greater contextual awareness and wherever possible. E.g. Leverage LLMs for advanced data discovery and classification, data security incident response etc
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data security and infrastructure
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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