[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Communication Products @Airbnb

Role Description

The Community You Will Join:

• Messaging is a critical component in building connections with our users.
• The mission as the Communication Products team is to build a first-class messaging experience at Airbnb.
• Investing heavily in machine learning to enhance conversations.
• As a staff software engineer, you'll lead the technical vision for ML-powered messaging features.

The Difference You Will Make:

• Define and drive the technical strategy for integrating ML capabilities into messaging products.
• Own the full lifecycle of ML-powered features from prototyping to iteration.
• Drive key technical deliverables for the larger Communications organization.

A Typical Day:

• Design, build, and operate systems that serve ML models within the messaging stack.
• Write and review technical designs for large, open-ended problems.
• Partner with ML, data science, and product teams to identify high-value opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional partners across various organizations.
• Mentor and support the career growth of individual contributors.
• Establish engineering standards for ML integration across messaging.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant engineering hands-on work experience.
• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in CS or related field.
• Demonstrated experience building and shipping ML-powered product features.
• Exceptional architecture abilities and experience with architectural patterns.
• Familiarity with NLP/NLU techniques and large language models.
• Shipped several large-scale projects with multiple dependencies.
• Technical leadership and strong communication skills.
• Experience operating distributed, real-time systems at scale.
• Experience with real-time messaging systems or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with ML infrastructure at scale.
• Prior work on trust & safety, content moderation, or internationalization.
• Experience with LLM-based product features.

Location

• This position is US - Remote Eligible.
• Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites may be required.
• You must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

• Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible.
• Diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement.
• All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
• We strive to provide a disability inclusive application and interview process.

How We'll Take Care of You

• Job titles may span more than one career level.
• Base pay is dependent upon factors such as training, skills, and experience.
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
• Pay Range: $204,000 — $255,000 USD.