Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Knowledge Graph
$200-254k
+ Stock options
More information about location
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-254k
+ Stock options
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 9+ years of relevant software development experience in a fast-paced tech environment
- Proven expertise and hands-on experience in backend systems, particularly in large-scale, high-quality data processing and optimization
- Extensive Experience: 7+ years of hands-on experience in developing large-scale solutions for structured and unstructured data across the full lifecycle, including data acquisition, extraction, processing, reconciliation, and production-level deployment
- Data Quality Expertise: Deep expertise in addressing data quality challenges across multiple domains and data sources, with a strong understanding of both infrastructure and data perspectives
- Taxonomy: proven experience in designing taxonomies and ontologies for representing entities and relationships within a knowledge graph framework
- Knowledge Construction: Strong hands-on experience applying Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Large Language Models (LLM) for content understanding and knowledge construction. Expertise in areas such as text classification, named entity recognition, information retrieval, and knowledge extraction
- Programming Proficiency: Advanced skills in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C#, with deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to adapt to evolving challenges and technologies
- Collaborative Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively within teams and across teams in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer on Airbnb’s Knowledge Graph team, you’ll play a leading role in constructing knowledge from vast amounts of cross-domain data
- You will be deeply involved in solving complex technical challenges and driving the development of high-quality, large-scale data solutions
- Your expertise in processing large-scale structured and unstructured data is essential to ensure the continuous improvement of the knowledge graph
- Work hands-on with vast amounts of structured and unstructured data to build and refine data quality in knowledge graphs
- Define and implement success metrics to continuously measure and enhance data quality
- Collaborate with a wide range of partners (i.e. data producers, downstream consumers, taxonomy teams, etc.) to understand product use cases and data requirements, then design and implement solutions for data onboarding, reconciliation, and serving
- Utilize both in-house and third-party Machine Learning tools and infrastructure to apply various algorithms for high-quality data curation
- Mentor and guide team members, helping them solve technical challenges and grow their expertise
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
Some 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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