Job Description

The Community You Will Join:

Data represents the voice of Airbnb’s users at scale. The Workflow Orchestration team is responsible for the data workflow orchestration solution, which powers a big range of data use cases from offline data analytics, experiments, to AI/ML model developments, trainings. We are the founding team of Apache Airflow and a team with rich and diverse experience in different orchestration solutions

A Typical Day:

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, reliable, and highly available data infrastructure solutions to support workflow orchestration across the company.

• Develop and maintain automation tools, streamlining deployment and management of the workflow orchestration platform.

• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers, data engineers, and other users of the data warehouse to ensure efficient integration and smooth operation of our platform with other systems and services.

• Conduct performance testing and help optimize our orchestration platform to meet the evolving needs of internal users.

• Manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks, communicating progress and status with key stakeholders.

• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, and pair programming sessions to foster knowledge-sharing and team growth.

• Provide input on best practices to improve scalability, reliability, and usability for the data platform.

Your Expertise: 

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on data infrastructure or supporting data engineers and/or data scientists.

• Strong programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Java and Python.

• Experience building data applications that create and implement higher-level abstractions on top of the lower-level data infrastructure to simplify complex data operations, improve scalability, and enhance overall system performance.

• Experience with data modeling, database design and various SQL dialects.

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Extensive background in workflow orchestration solutions such as Apache Airflow, Luigi, Azkaban, Oozie, Prefect or Kubeflow.

• Utilize experience in Data Engineering to optimize processes and bring forth new ideas and technologies that enhance our data capabilities.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to build empathetic tools and platforms. 

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. 

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred.

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.

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:  reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com . 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.

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