Staff Software Engineer, Performance
AirbnbSan Francisco, California, United States • United States
Posted September 19, 2025
204000 - 255000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Airbnb, founded in 2007, connects travelers with unique accommodations provided by local hosts worldwide. The platform offers a collaborative economy model that fosters authentic connections between guests and host communities, enabling a more immersive travel experience.
Job Description
Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Performance Infrastructure team. This role focuses on optimizing performance across the enterprise stack, including K8s, Observability, and Data pipelines, within a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment. The engineer will work closely with cross-functional partners, build tooling, and modernize the software. The company aims to connect hosts and guests in authentic communities and is committed to diversity and inclusion.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant performance optimization industry experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment.
- Deep software tuning and optimization experience, Java preferred but other major languages acceptable.
- Expertise in using metrics to uncover performance issues.
- Familiarity with system hardware as it pertains to performance.
- Familiarity with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their infrastructure as a service offering (e.g. EC2).
- Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Solid performance debugging skills.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Employee Travel Credits