• Writes code that is easily maintainable, highly reliable and demonstrates knowledge of common programming best practices. • Becomes the owner, subject matter expert (SME), and technical lead for individual applications, architecture initiatives, high risk/complexity features. • Independently estimates and breaks down the work from higher level business and technical requirements. • Interfaces directly with business stakeholders or members of other development teams for work item scoping and clarification, communication of status, etc. • Advanced troubleshooting and problem solving spanning software, systems and databases. • Serve as a technical lead: mentor, train and support other software developers, perform design & code reviews. • Respond quickly and effectively to production issues and take responsibility for seeing those issues through resolution.

• Architect and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available batch and real-time data pipelines. Implement and optimize data lake architectures for structured and unstructured data from millions of connected devices. • Work closely with development teams to integrate data engineering services into the broader system architecture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams consisting of engineers, data scientists, and analysts to deliver clean, reliable data. • Analyze and enhance the performance of PostgreSQL Aurora and Redshift databases through query tuning, indexing & partitioning strategies, and efficient resource allocation. • Maintain system performance, data integrity, and uptime. Manage and participate in on-call rotations and ensure strong operational standards. • Contribute to the design and evolution of our data architecture to support growing business needs. • Work with tools and platforms such as Python, Redshift, Postgres, AWS/GCP, AWS Lambda, Kinesis, Prefect (or Airflow), Redis, Git, and Terraform. • Participate in our agile development process, including regular team updates, stand-up meetings, and one-on-ones.

• Build features: from idea to deployment. • Develop AI-driven solutions: Claude Code, LLM APIs and AI-assisted workflows are not experiments here but the standard. • Help shape the product: you’ll have a seat at the table when we plan new products and features. • Build infrastructure: CI/CD, database architecture, API design — pragmatic and without silos.

• Work with open source communities (e.g. istio) to build the next generation service mesh for all Airbnb back-end services; • Build the cross-region gateways and load balancers for global Airbnb services; • Work with external partners and internal engineering and security teams to deliver edge security systems that protect Airbnb services; • Design the multi-region network architecture on public clouds, and build software and operation tools to manage Airbnb’s production network; • Work with product and engineering teams to optimize the network performance for Airbnb services;