Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Event Logging
$204-259k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$204-259k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 9+ years of experience with a BS/Masters or 6+ years with a PhD
- Deep expertise in backend programming languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala, or Python)
- Proven experience with real-time event processing systems, particularly with large-scale distributed data processing frameworks like Spark or Flink and messaging frameworks like Kafka
- Hands-on experience with modern ETL frameworks like Airflow
- Understanding of data security, privacy principles, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA)
- Knowledge of observability and monitoring best practices
- Track record of translating complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience building trusted partnerships across diverse teams
- Strong mentorship and technical leadership capabilities
Desirable
- Background in data governance and schema management
- Experience with high-throughput data pipelines
What the job involves
- The Event Logging team is responsible for Airbnb's logging infrastructure, ensuring every digital interaction is accurately captured, securely stored, effectively managed, and readily accessible
- We establish logging tooling and standards, optimize ingestion and storage of event data, and enable seamless production and consumption of high quality data—both in real-time online systems and offline analytical workflows
- Event Logging engineers collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across Product, Analytics, AI/ML, and more to empower teams to derive timely insights and build advanced products and services that enhance user experiences and drive business growth
- As part of the Event Logging team, you'll have opportunities to work on challenging problems at scale and grow your skills in data engineering and distributed systems
- As a Staff Software Engineer on the Event Logging team, you will lead critical initiatives that shape how Airbnb captures, processes, and leverages event data at scale, including:
- Designing and implementing next-generation logging systems that process billions of events daily
- Driving architectural decisions that ensure data integrity, efficiency, and compliance across Airbnb's data platform
- Building robust infrastructure that powers data-driven decision-making across the organization
- Defining and executing the technical roadmap for Airbnb's logging infrastructure
- Unlocking new capabilities through improved event logging for cross-functional teams
- Driving adoption of logging best practices across engineering teams
- As a Staff Software Engineer on the Event Logging team, your day might include:
- Contributing to the development of long-term strategies and roadmaps, and influencing the technical direction of our logging infrastructure
- Architecting scalable solutions for real-time and batch event processing
- Driving technical discussions and decision-making across teams
- Designing and implementing robust data governance systems ensuring proper event ownership and lineage
- Optimizing event ingestion pipelines handling billions of events per day
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, assess logging needs, and design efficient solutions that align with business objectives
- Identifying and implementing automation opportunities to improve logging efficiency
- Mentoring and coaching team members, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and performance
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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