Staff Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Site Reliability Engineering team. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining tools and systems that enable engineering teams to operate services reliably at scale. The ideal candidate will work closely with SREs and other engineering teams to ensure proper service instrumentation and scalability.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Designing and implementing tools for service reliability, monitoring, and alerting
2. Collaborating with engineering teams to embed reliability principles in service design
3. Identifying and driving improvements in reliability, scalability, and efficiency
4. Participating in incident response and post-mortems
5. Leading high-urgency incident management as an Incident Commander
6. Mentoring team members in effective incident handling
7. Contributing to incident retrospectives and driving overall reliability improvements

The role requires a strong background in software engineering or SRE roles, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems. Candidates should have excellent coding skills in languages like Java, Python, or Go, and experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform. Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is essential.

This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on Airbnb's service reliability and incident management processes. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in establishing a culture of reliability throughout the organization and ensuring the resilience of Airbnb's services as the business continues to grow.

The role is US-Remote eligible, with occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites as agreed with the manager. Airbnb offers a competitive salary range of $204,000 to $259,000 USD, along with potential bonuses, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Join Airbnb's diverse and inclusive team, where your skills and experience will contribute to the continued success of this innovative platform that connects hosts and guests worldwide.