Shape the team’s long-term vision and roadmap in close collaboration with cross-functional partners across Airbnb
Build strong relationships with partner engineering teams, including backend, client, data science, analytics, and ML, to drive aligned and impactful outcomes
Design, develop, and maintain reliable, scalable data pipelines - both batch and real-time - that collect, process, and serve data from diverse sources across Airbnb
Implement robust offline and online feature building processes to enable faster production of ML products
Architect and build ML infra and optimize for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness
Mentor and develop engineers on the team, while also contributing to and influencing the broader data engineering community at Airbnb

Requirements

9+ years of relevant industry experience with a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in CS/EE, or equivalent experience, or 6+ years of experience with a PhD
Strong CS fundamentals, and knowledge of architecture and common design patterns
You’re passionate about being in a product-focused environment where everyone cares deeply about customer impact
You have experience of running data processing pipelines in production using distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Flink
Experience collaborating with client, backend, ml, analytics teams, product and business partners
Effectively work across team boundaries to establish overarching data architecture, data flow, and provide guidance to individual teams
Experience working on/with end-to-end Machine Learning products
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Benefits

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

data pipelinesbatch processingreal-time processingmachine learning infrastructuredistributed data processingApache SparkApache Flinkdata architecturedesign patternsdata flow

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationcustomer impactteamworkinfluencingrelationship buildingcross-functional collaborationleadershipproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Electrical EngineeringPhD in relevant field