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Senior Software Engineer, Streaming Infrastructure

Airbnb
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United States$196k - $230kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role within Airbnb’s Data Infrastructure, specifically the Data Movement & Transformation (DMT) group. Focus on building and operating large-scale CDC and batch export systems that move data from Airbnb’s online databases to offline processing platforms, contributing to a unified data movement platform.

Responsibilities

  • Be hands-on (code, design, test) and work with partner teams, internal customers, and leadership to deliver multi-month projects on time.
  • Design, build, and operate large-scale CDC and batch export systems that run across every online database at Airbnb.
  • Help shape the architecture of DMT's unified data movement platform while it's being built.
  • Improve the reliability, performance, and efficiency of systems that critical business functions depend on.
  • Make it easier for engineers at Airbnb to get their data into offline systems without needing to be database or pipeline experts.
  • Take part in on-call and raise the operational bar for a platform that other teams build on.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend distributed systems, such as data ingestion, streaming, CDC, storage, or data platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with streaming systems like Kafka, and with how databases capture and publish changes (binlogs, Debezium, or similar).
  • Ability to own and go deep in a complex codebase.
  • Experience maintaining, analyzing, and debugging production systems at scale.
  • Clean, readable, testable, and maintainable code.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-working environment.
  • Strong ownership and a track record of delivering on time.

Skills

Required:Backend distributed systemsStreaming systems (Kafka)Code ownershipProduction systems debuggingCollaboration & remote communication
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 33,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. No global movement springs from individuals. It takes an entire team united behind something big. Together, we work hard, we laugh a lot, we brainstorm nonstop, we use hundreds of Post-Its a week, and we give the best high-fives in town. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have satellite offices in Dublin, London, Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Copenhagen, Berlin, Moscow, São Paolo, Sydney, and Singapore.

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