Senior Software Engineer, Tech Foundations at Airbnb in San Francisco, CA
- Company: Airbnb
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $196,000—$227,000 USD
- Experience: 5+ years
- Visa sponsorship available
Overview
Application The team works on systems which have higher reliability and security requirements than most backend systems or services. Our products are critical services, downtime across these services can result in downtime for Airbnb employees and partners. In addition, the team collaborates closely…
Job description
- Application
- The team works on systems which have higher reliability and security requirements than most backend systems or services. Our products are critical services, downtime across these services can result in downtime for Airbnb employees and partners. In addition, the team collaborates closely with our security engineering teams to design new features and evolve the platforms to meet the engineering challenges as business needs present themselves.
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build and maintain robust, scalable, and secure systems that underpin the entire Airbnb Zero Trust ecosystem. You will play a pivotal role in the execution for these critical platforms. This is an opportunity to be a part of impactful work, and contribute to the safety and trust of the Airbnb community.
Responsibilities
- Work with open source products to build the next generation client platform for all Airbnb corporate endpoints.
- Build on our zero trust back end suite, supporting security services, network paths, and user and device signaling, with a mind for enabling value for the business for their best work.
- Support executive level Airbnb staff with endpoint and identity solutions.
- Work with product and engineering teams to optimize endpoints and identity flows for Airbnb employees and partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's and/or Master/PhD's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in test driven software development.
- Extensive experience with Go, Python, or Java (Go strongly preferred).
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code deployments.
- Experience developing and deploying services in a Kubernetes environment.
- Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Experience leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
- Show motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support the team's needs.
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with Apple MDM spec and its implementation in modern MDM deployments.
- Understanding of authentication and authorization principles and technologies, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID, SAML, ABAC, and related Zero Trust security protocols.
Skills
Required
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Infrastructure as code deployments
- Kubernetes
- Test driven software development
- Problem-solving and debugging
- Communication and collaboration
- Leading technical projects
- Mentoring junior engineers
Preferred
- Microservices architecture
- Apple MDM spec and implementation
Benefits
- Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
- $196,000—$227,000 USD
About Airbnb
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb's various functions embody the company's innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company. The Client and Identity Engineering team is accountable for establishing the user identity and endpoint security infrastructure in Airbnb's corporate environment. Client and Identity Engineering encompass corporate zero trust deployments. Our systems enable all Airbnb employees and partners to have secure access to the data they need at the right time and in the right context. We provide Airbnb employees and partners with the best-in-class experience, enabling them to effectively build our platform.