Airbnb · 1 day ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Payments
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$204K/yr - $255K/yr
9+ years expAirbnb is a global marketplace that connects hosts and guests, and they are seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for their Payments team. This role involves transforming AI innovations into production systems that enhance the payment experience, ensuring security and efficiency in processing transactions.
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Responsibilities
Spearhead LLM agents, real-time anomaly detectors, and other breakthrough solutions that solve real-world problems and create product magic
Collaborate with product, engineering, ops, and data science to spot high-leverage opportunities, refine AI/ML requirements, make principled architecture choices, and measure business value with clear, data-driven metrics
Design, train, deploy, and operate large-scale AI applications for both batch and streaming workloads, ensuring low latency, high reliability, and continuous improvement via automated monitoring and retraining loops
Mentor and inspire teammates, fostering a collaborative, experimentation-driven environment where cutting-edge research meets production excellence and every engineer is empowered to push AI boundaries at Airbnb
Qualification
Required
9+ years of industry experience in applied AI/ML, inclusive MS or PhD in relevant fields
Strong programming (Python/Java) and data engineering skills
Proven mastery of modern AI/LLM workflows — prompt engineering, fine-tuning (LoRA, RLHF), hallucination mitigation, safety guardrails, and rigorous online/offline testing to minimize training-inference drift and ensure reliable outcomes
Hands-on experience with at least three of the following: PyTorch/TensorFlow, scalable inference stacks (Triton, vLLM), vector search, orchestration/MLOps platforms (Kubeflow, Airflow), large-scale data streaming & processing (Spark, Ray, Kafka)
Demonstrated success designing, deploying, and monitoring production AI systems—e.g., RAG pipelines, personalization engines, generative content services—complete with drift/cost/latency monitoring, automated re-training triggers, and cross-functional collaboration that translates ambiguous business needs into measurable AI impact
Preferred
Prior knowledge of AI/ML Applications in the Payments domain is highly desirable
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
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