Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Anti-Bots engineering
$185-220k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$185-220k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably backend-focused
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or a similar language
- Expertise in building and deploying distributed systems
- Familiarity with ML concepts and tools (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch) is a plus
- Experience with big data technologies like Spark or Airflow is a plus
- Experience in a fast-paced, innovative environment
- Stellar analytical and problem-solving skills
- Top-notch communication and collaboration skills
Desirable
- Experience with data engineering or data analysis
- Experience building end-to-end ML systems
- Understanding of architectural patterns for large-scale applications
What the job involves
- Our newly formed Anti-Bots Engineering team is at the forefront of the fight, building cutting-edge systems to keep bad actors at bay
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and deploying these critical defenses
- Become a Guardian of Platform: Your work will directly contribute to a safer and more reliable Airbnb experience for millions of users
- Lead the Charge Against Scraping: Develop innovative solutions to combat fraudulent activity and data scraping, protecting both hosts and guests
- Stay Ahead of the Curve: Continuously identify and mitigate emerging bot threats, ensuring the platform remains secure
- Partner with ML engineers and data scientists to design and implement powerful machine learning pipelines for bot detection and mitigation
- Architect and build distributed ML services capable of handling massive data processing and model serving at scale
- Leverage your expertise to contribute to and improve existing tools within the Airbnb ML platform
- Uncover attack patterns through data analysis and develop features to enhance the effectiveness of ML models
- Design and implement countermeasures (backend systems or APIs) to thwart scraping attempts based on identified patterns
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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 values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
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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