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Airbnb · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure - Ingestion

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$191K/yr - $225K/yr
date5+ years exp

Airbnb is a global platform connecting hosts and guests, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Online Database Infrastructure team. The role involves building and operating a data ingestion system, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior engineers while ensuring high operational standards.

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Responsibilities

Build and operate data ingestion system that enables various ways of accessing data at Airbnb, including ingest DB data in the warehouse in various formats and frequency, and stream change data capture (CDC) at near real time
Be hands-on (code, design, test) and collaborate with cross team partners (internal customers, dependencies and leadership) to deliver on multi-month projects in a timely fashion
Raise operational standards by effectively and proactively identifying, debugging and fixing operational issues
Be part of the oncall rotation for the DBExports platform
Mentor junior engineers on the team

Qualification

Distributed systemsData ingestionJavaPythonAWSGCPCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsMentoring

Required

5+ years of experience building and operating large scale core backend distributed systems like storage, data ingestion, backup and restore, streaming
Ability to own and dive deeply in a complex code base
Experience maintaining, analyzing, and debugging production systems
Knack for writing clean, readable, testable, maintainable code
Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-working environment
Demonstrate strong ownership and consistently deliver in a timely manner
Experience working in either Java, Scala or Python

Preferred

Experience with building large scale data exports/ingestion platforms
Experience with building large scale distributed databases
Experience with AWS and/or GCP
Experience working with SPARK, Kafka, Flink, K8s, Airflow, AWS Aurora or TiDB

Benefits

Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits

Company

Airbnb

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Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
dateFounded in 2008
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.airbnb.com

H1B Sponsorship

Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.44B
Key Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B

Leadership Team

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Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
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Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
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