Senior Software Engineer, Trust

Airbnb is a global platform connecting hosts and guests, founded in 2007, enabling unique stays and authentic community experiences worldwide.
$150,000 - $250,000
Security
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
6+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Travel

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Trust

Join Airbnb's Trust team as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in enhancing platform security and user trust. This position focuses on four key areas: Identity Verification Expansion, Business Verification, Identity Misuse Prevention, and Vendor Optimization.

You'll be working on cutting-edge solutions to verify user identities, incorporating AI and digital technologies to stay ahead of industry trends. The role involves developing new verification methods for both individual users and business entities, as Airbnb expands its professional hosting segment.

Your responsibilities will include building robust systems to prevent identity misuse, collaborating with operations teams to combat fraud, and optimizing vendor relationships. You'll work with ML, Computer Vision, and AI technologies to enhance verification processes while reducing external vendor dependencies.

The position offers the opportunity to work with large-scale systems and datasets, collaborating with cross-functional teams including product managers, data scientists, and operations. You'll be instrumental in building trust and safety features that impact millions of users globally.

This remote role requires occasional office visits or offsite attendance. You'll be joining a company that values diversity and inclusion, working on solutions that directly impact user safety and platform integrity. The ideal candidate brings experience in fraud prevention or identity systems, along with strong technical and collaborative skills.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Trust

  • Work on systems at scale with large data sets
  • Build and continuously improve applications for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners
  • Identify opportunities for business impact
  • Understand, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems
  • Drive engineering decisions and quantify impact
  • Prototype, develop, productionize, and test solutions and defenses to existing and emerging fraud trends

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Trust

  • 6+ years industry experience
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products (or systems)
  • Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions
  • Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
  • Mentorship to junior developers
  • Experience in fraud prevention or identity systems

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