Staff Security Engineer, Airbnb
EMEA
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of hands-on technical experience in security engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, network engineering, or privacy engineering
- 8+ of those years of experience in incident response including host and cloud forensics, incident management, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or security detection
- Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
- Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical situations with expediency
- Outstanding organisational, prioritisation, and multitasking skills
- Experience automating security detection and response
- We are not focused on specific tools but we often use Python, AWS, SQL, and more
- This is a remote-friendly position. However, due to certain restrictions, we can only offer this position in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom
What the job involves
- The Threat Detection and Response team (TDR) at Airbnb is focused on automating security detection, responding to security incidents, and working with partner teams to build capabilities that support the incident lifecycle
- This is the front-line team that detects, investigates, and responds to security threats and malicious activity
- While the team is not new, we are now at a point of increasing scope as we grow the team
- This is a key role to define and execute our vision for threat detection and incident response capabilities and process while mentoring other team members
- As a senior engineer on the team, you will have direct impact building, optimising, and growing securing capabilities as you help deliver world-class threat detection and incident response
- Investigation & Response: Lead complex security investigations, develop scalable tools, and mentor team members in forensic analysis and incident response
- Incident Handling: Resolve critical incidents as an escalation point, conduct root cause analyses, and implement preventive measures in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Detection Engineering: Design and optimize advanced threat detection systems using insights from incident response and global intelligence. Promote best practices across the organization
- Technical Leadership: Define and drive strategy for threat detection and incident response, aligning with organizational security objectives and influencing security architecture
- Influence & Communication: Coordinate with cross-functional teams during large-scale incidents, represent security in executive discussions, and foster a culture of security awareness and improvement
- The Difference You Will Make:
- You will be a key member of our growing Threat Detection & Response (TDR) EMEA team
- You will get an opportunity to define and execute on novel approaches to detecting, containing and mitigating threats and incidents
- You will partner with cross-functional partners across the company to improve the overall security of Airbnb driven by learnings and root cause analysis of investigations and incidents resulting in removal of entire classes of problems
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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