Senior Staff Data Engineer – Data Stewardship

Airbnb

Senior Data Engineer in Data Stewardship at Airbnb, focusing on data governance and quality. Defining vision and architecting data environments to support business needs.

Posted 6/11/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $248,000 - $310,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScalaSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the multi-year vision for Data Governance and Data Quality.
Act as a primary consultant for executive leadership on data governance.
Lead the design of overarching data architectures.
Define the best practices, tooling, and culture that enable data organizations to maintain high-quality data autonomously.
Lead cross-functional task forces to navigate complex regulatory landscapes.
Coach Senior and Staff engineers across the organization on data best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of industry experience, with a proven track record of leading large-scale data initiatives across multiple departments or business units.
Demonstrated expertise in designing and evolving complex data ecosystems within complex, high-volume environments.
Experience influencing product and business strategy by leveraging data integrity as a competitive advantage.
Deep expertise in the Java/Scala/Spark ecosystem (preferably with knowledge of S3 and Iceberg).
Strong knowledge of relational databases and query authoring (SQL).
Strong ability to drive cultural shifts regarding data ownership and quality across an entire engineering organization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

data governancedata qualitydata architecturedata ecosystemsJavaScalaSparkS3IcebergSQL

Soft Skills

consultingleadershipcoachinginfluencingdriving cultural shifts