Senior Software Engineer, Trust - Remote Opportunity

Join the Airbnb Team and Shape the Future of Trust and Identity Verification

We're seeking an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to join our Trust team, where you'll play a critical role in enhancing transparency and trust within our global community. As a remote employee, you'll have the flexibility to work from anywhere in the US, with occasional visits to our offices or offsites. If you're passionate about developing cutting-edge solutions that drive positive impacts on a global scale, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Airbnb is a global community that has grown to over 4 million Hosts, welcoming more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country. Our Trust team is dedicated to using identity verification as a powerful tool to build trust among our users. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you'll collaborate with design, product, privacy/legal, operations, and other engineering teams to verify users' identities and build trust on the platform.

Key Challenges and Opportunities

• Identity Verification Expansion: Develop the next generation of identity verification methods, incorporating new technologies such as AI and machine learning to enhance trust and safety on the platform.
• Business Verification: Create capabilities to represent and verify businesses as first-class citizens on our platform, empowering new user segments and enhancing security for guests.
• Identity Misuse: Enhance our existing systems by identifying and incorporating new user signals to ensure the integrity of all identity verification, reducing fraud and preventing safety incidents.
• Vendor Optimization: Streamline and optimize our vendor collaborations, reducing costs and reliance on external vendors while improving effectiveness, and explore innovative technologies such as ML, Computer Vision, and AI to shape the future of our Identity pipeline.

Your Responsibilities

• Work on systems at scale with large data sets, building and continuously improving applications for Airbnb product, business, and operational use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including software engineers, product managers, operations, and data scientists, to identify opportunities for business impact and drive engineering decisions.
• Hands-on prototype, develop, productionize, and test solutions and defenses to existing and emerging fraud trends.
• Mentor junior developers and drive alignment, manage projects, and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.

Your Expertise

• 6+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with a focus on building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products or systems.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience in fraud prevention or identity systems, with a strong understanding of technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems.
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches, drive alignment, manage projects, and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible, believing that diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement. We strive to provide a disability-inclusive application and interview process and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

How to Apply

If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, please apply through our website. We can't wait to hear from you!