Airbnb Staff Software Engineer AI Enablement 

United States 

609851884

A Typical Day:

• Collaborate closely with teams across Airbnb—such as Customer Support, Search Relevance, and Trust & Safety—to deliver impactful AI-driven product features.
• Develop flexible, high-leverage tooling and infrastructure to support the use of foundational models (language and vision) across Airbnb.
• Work with cutting-edge open-source technologies including LangGraph, Hugging Face, PyTorch, Ray etc.
• Rapidly prototype, evaluate, and iterate on GenAI applications that unlock new product capabilities.
• Champion clean abstractions and reusable components that balance speed, scalability, and reliability

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of industry experience in applied Machine Learning, inclusive MS or PhD in relevant fields.
• Strong programming (Scala / Python / Java / C++ or equivalent) and data engineering skills.
• Deep familiarity with machine learning engineering practices, particularly around training and deploying PyTorch , TensorFlow , or Hugging Face models in production. Prior experience with deploying or supporting production ML systems at scale.
• Passionate about AI with a strong grasp of current trends in Generative AI , LLMs , and related technologies.
• Fast learner with a bias for execution—able to ramp up quickly on new tools and technologies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills—able to earn the trust of cross-functional partners and influence without authority.
• You may currently hold titles such as ML Engineer , Applied Scientist , or ML Infrastructure Engineer , but what sets you apart is your hunger to learn, ship, and support AI systems in production. You’re not just excited about what’s next in AI—you’re ready to build it.

Offices: United States