Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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 Development Engineering team 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. If you're a talented individual with experience helping build guardrails and tooling to help developers utilize cloud infrastructure securely, we'd love to talk to you!
As a Senior 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 the design, development, launch, and operation of scalable and reusable solutions that address systemic security issues across teams, showcasing your 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, quality and resilience in major product features and platform services.
- Take a hands-on role in designing and implementing secure software.
- Collaborate with product and infrastructure engineers to build performant, developer-friendly solutions that integrate security into developer tools, libraries, and frameworks.
- Support secure development strategies, tooling, and product-specific security features with engineering teams to help detect and prevent diverse security issues.
- Build and maintain automation frameworks to validate deployed software against security requirements.
Your Expertise:
The following are some examples of profiles that are relevant to us. If a subset of these applies to you, please consider applying. We are looking to build a team of both security experience and software engineering generalists.
- 4+ years of software development in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript.
- Proven 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 and/or dynamic analysis.
- Experience building secure-by-default libraries or frameworks.
- Experience securing cloud infrastructure, particularly in AWS.
- Experience with mobile or web application security is a plus.
- Experience with Terraform and HCL is a plus.
- Experience building developer tools and infrastructure is a plus.
Your Location:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
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.
Top Skills
Similar Jobs
What you need to know about the Boston Tech Scene
Key Facts About Boston Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 269,000; 9.4% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Toast, Klaviyo, HubSpot, DraftKings
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, software, aerospace
- Funding Landscape: $15.7 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Summit Partners, Volition Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, MassVentures, Highland Capital Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: MIT, Harvard University, Boston College, Tufts University, Boston University, Northeastern University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Bureau of Economic Research, Broad Institute, Lowell Center for Space Science & Technology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
