Staff Software Engineer, Trust Platform

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Trust Platform team, a crucial component of their global hospitality platform that has facilitated over 2 billion guest arrivals since 2007. This role sits at the intersection of security, scalability, and trust, focusing on protecting Airbnb's community of over 5 million hosts from fraud while maintaining high standards across the platform.

The Trust Platform team is responsible for building and maintaining foundational systems that power fraud detection and mitigation at scale. These systems include the rules engine, friction framework, and vendor API gateway, which are among the highest-throughput systems at Airbnb. The role involves close collaboration with Trust defense teams to address evolving fraud attacks and build platform features that enable quick implementation of security measures.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing large-scale systems for fraud detection and mitigation across the entire platform. The position requires expertise in distributed systems, with a focus on building highly available and real-time risk detection services. You'll work closely with product, data science, and operations teams to understand and counter evolving attack vectors.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of industry experience, strong technical leadership abilities, and expertise in backend development using languages like Java, Ruby, or Kotlin. Experience with service-oriented architectures, test-driven development, and platform architecture patterns is essential. The role offers a competitive salary range of $204,000 to $260,000 USD, with additional benefits and the flexibility of remote work within eligible US states.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on Airbnb's trust and safety infrastructure while working with cutting-edge technology and tackling complex challenges in both online and offline risk management. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, making it ideal for engineers who want to shape the future of trust in digital platforms while mentoring others and driving engineering excellence.