Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Identity & Security Infrastructure
$185-223k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$185-223k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5-9+ years of relevant software development experience with a BS/Masters or 2+ years with a PhD. in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment
- Expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their Identity & Security offerings (e.g. IAM, KMS, Secrets Management)
- Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience working with authentication and authorization technologies used for workload identities (OIDC, mTLS, RBAC, certificates, JWT tokens, etc.)
- Strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software lifecycle
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
- Strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills
- Passionate about cloud security risks management, secure by default configurations, and blast radius reduction
What the job involves
- The Cloud Infrastructure - Identity & Security team is responsible for securing the foundational platforms and cloud environment that power Airbnb
- We provide secure, scalable and verifiable identities to all the entities in our platform (services, nodes, developers etc.). These identities allow each entity to communicate confidently with each other—and with the cloud—according to well-defined policies and guardrails
- Build cutting edge cloud native infrastructure on top of the public cloud
- Deliver frameworks and platforms that are secure, efficient, mature and highly available that abstract away infrastructure complexity
- Investigate and adapt industry best practices to Airbnb’s unique environment
- Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices
- Work with other talented and friendly infrastructure and infosec engineers to build the foundation for Airbnb’s technical growth over the next decade
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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