244K–305K USD / year
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Tech Foundations
DevOpsRemote — worldwide
Published on 2026-09-18
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About this role
Airbnb is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to enhance their Site Reliability Engineering team. This role focuses on building a long-term reliability strategy, ensuring infrastructure performance, and mentoring other engineers. The position emphasizes proactive incident management and customer-focused reliability practices.
About the company
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects travelers with hosts offering unique accommodations and experiences in various destinations. The platform serves individuals seeking short-term lodging as well as hosts looking to monetize their properties.
What you'll do
- Develop a roadmap for Reliability strategy
- Design and influence company-wide SRE architecture
- Create scalable incident management processes
- Foster a reliability-centric engineering culture
- Optimize infrastructure for high availability
What we're looking for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years in a senior technical lead role
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- Expertise in building high-availability systems