• Design and implement components of the next-generation platform architecture. • Build new services and APIs that gradually replace or extend legacy functionality. • Introduce modern engineering practices, tooling, and infrastructure where appropriate. • Build AI-first experiences • Maintain and support existing production systems that the business depends on. • Implement targeted improvements and stability fixes while minimizing unnecessary disruption. • Identify areas where modernization efforts can reduce operational risk or technical debt. • Improve observability, documentation, and operational reliability of legacy components. • Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code. • Participate in architecture discussions around system evolution and modernization strategy. • Collaborate with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver incremental improvements. • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and pragmatic engineering.

Role Description The mission of the Ingestion team in the Online Database Infrastructure org is to provide a managed, reliable, performant and scalable platform for exporting data out of Airbnb’s online databases for asynchronous processing. The team currently builds and operates two managed solutions: - One for near real-time access to change logs (CDC) - Another to provide periodic mutation and full table snapshots As a member of this team, you would be working with talented engineers on cutting-edge technologies to help support Airbnb’s business. You will be the resident expert on the online data exports platform and guide and collaborate with our internal product teams to effectively use the platform. The difference you will make includes: - Building and operating a data ingestion system that enables various ways of accessing data at Airbnb, including ingesting DB data in the warehouse in various formats and frequency, and streaming change data capture (CDC) at near real-time. - Being hands-on (code, design, test) and collaborating with cross-team partners (internal customers, dependencies, and leadership) to deliver on multi-month projects in a timely fashion. - Raising operational standards by effectively and proactively identifying, debugging, and fixing operational issues. - Being part of the on-call rotation for the DBExports platform. Qualifications - 3+ years of relevant industry experience. - Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams. - Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and a desire to deepen your expertise in this area. - Ability to write clean, readable, testable, and maintainable code. - Experience onboarding to and contributing to a complex codebase. - Enthusiasm for learning and growing your skills in infrastructure engineering. - Exposure to distributed caching systems, KV stores, or similar infrastructure is a plus. 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. Benefits - Base pay range: $162,000 — $190,000 USD - This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

• Work strategically and collaboratively, focusing on innovation and modernization of the acquisition journey. • Actively and strategically participate in technical decisions. • Challenge and propose improvements to architecture and development practices. • Research market references and state-of-the-art approaches in software engineering. • Collaborate with other Tech Leads to jointly evolve the architecture. • Consider scalability and the platformization of the solution. • Support the separation of business rules from the front-end layer. • Contribute to a modern, integrated end-to-end journey. • Operate with a broad perspective from front-end through back-end.

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI-driven features—from prototyping and experimentation to production deployment and customer delivery. • Design, build, and evolve our semantic data layer to enable scalable, high-quality AI and analytics use cases. • Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to translate ambiguous requirements into robust technical solutions. • Diagnose, triage, and resolve production issues quickly, ensuring reliability and continuous improvement of deployed systems.