Staff Software Engineer, Security

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 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.

The Community You Will Join:

Airbnb is built on trust. The Secure Software Development Lifecycle program is dedicated to ensuring the security and protection of the data of millions of users on our platform as they explore the world.

The Difference You Will Make:

We are looking for people who want to make the Airbnb platform and customer data safer for millions of users around the world. We’d love to talk to you if you’re a talented individual who is motivated to craft solutions that build application security into the software development process while keeping our developers productive.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our team, you'll architect and implement security solutions that protect millions of users while empowering thousands of developers. You'll be at the forefront of creating a security-first engineering culture, building tools and frameworks that make secure development the path of least resistance. We're building the next generation of security-first development tools and practices that will shape the future of secure software engineering.

A Typical Day: 

• Here are a few things you’ll do in this role:
• Lead initiatives to architect scalable and reusable solutions that prevent systemic security issues across multiple teams, demonstrating staff-level leadership and expertise.
• Drive technical security innovation by developing new coding standards for the team and organization, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide input and influence architectural decisions to ensure security scalability and resilience in major product features and platform services.
• Lead, design and implement software (this is a hands-on role!)
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure engineers to build performant, developer-friendly solutions that build security into developer tools, libraries, and frameworks.
• Lead secure development strategies, tooling, and product-specific security features with engineering teams to detect and prevent diverse security issues.
• Architect and build robust automation frameworks to validate deployed software against security requirements.

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of software development in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, JavaScript
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure software systems
• Thorough understanding of secure development methodologies and best practices
• Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams and contributing to open-source tools
• Experience with static or dynamic analysis 
• Experience building secure-by-default libraries or frameworks
• Experience with mobile or web application security is a plus 
• Experience building developer tools and infrastructure is a plus

How We'll Take Care of You:

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.