Airbnb Staff Software Engineer Personalization Contextualization Infrastructure 

United States 

751566519

The Difference You Will Make:

• Lead search infrastructure engineering projects to improve search experience, in collaboration with product teams.
• Think about personalizing search experience by understanding our users and their travel intent deeply.
• Up-level search system reliability, scalability and performance, in collaboration with Infrastructure teams.
• Build the next generation search platform to power different products at Airbnb, including generative AI (large language model) use cases.
• Mentor, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors

A Typical Day:

• A large trunk of focus time to implement an important component of the search platform, with GitHub Copilot as your assistant.
• Attend a design workshop for the next generation search platform.
• Give a presentation to senior leadership about the plan for the search platform.
• Discuss with cross-functional partners (e.g., product managers, designers) on the technical design of an exciting new search feature.
• Have a 1:1 mentoring session with a principal engineer.
• Attend an in-person gathering with team members and partners.

Your Expertise:

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 9+ years of industry experience with a BS/Masters, and 6+ years with a PhD.
• Expertise in search and recommendation systems.
• A track record of tech-leading engineering teams to deliver technical solutions with high quality.
• Great communication skills in collaboration with cross-functional partners.