Senior Staff Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

Responsibilities

• Develop a long-term roadmap and strategic vision for Reliability
• Design, implement, and influence company-wide SRE architecture and standards
• Create scalable incident management processes and reduce operational toil
• Foster an SRE/Reliability model that encourages service ownership
• Optimize infrastructure and platform performance to ensure high availability
• Develop Production Readiness standards and automate via configuration as code
• Build deep partnerships with engineering leaders on large-scale distributed systems
• Mentor and lead other Site Reliability Engineers through servant leadership

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, related field, or equivalent work experience
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion in system architecture and design for consumer-facing technology
• 5+ years of experience as a senior-level technical lead or architect driving strategy across multiple teams
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated expertise in building and scaling high-availability systems and platforms in multi-cloud environments

About the Company

Airbnb is a global community of hosts and guests, connecting people and places through unique stays and experiences. The company focuses on long-term decisions that benefit all stakeholders, including hosts, guests, and the communities in which they live.