Software Engineer, Secure Development Engineering
AirbnbShort-term Rentals company
United States$162,000 - $186,000 USDMid
Sequoia Capital
Greylock Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Founders Fund
Y Combinator
Silver Lake
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Build and operate a secure development platform for thousands of engineers.
- •Airbnb is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Secure Development Engineering team.
- •This role focuses on building and operating a platform that checks Airbnb's code as engineers write it, ensuring trust and security across the platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate backend services for code checking within continuous integration.
- •Scale the platform to new repositories, languages, and check types.
- •Build and maintain data pipelines for storing results and reporting dashboards.
- •Design clear APIs and integration points for other engineering teams.
- •Improve developer experience by reducing noise and shortening feedback loops.
- •Support AI-assisted code review efforts.
- •Requirements 3+ years of software engineering experience in languages like Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- •Experience building and operating backend services or platforms for other engineers.
- •Experience with developer infrastructure (e.g., CI/CD, build systems).
- •Comfort with data, including SQL, data pipelines, and dashboards.
- •Good testing and debugging practices.
- •Clear written communication skills.
Required skills
PythonJavaKotlinGoJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLCI/CDAWS
Nice-to-have skills
AWS
Domain expertise
developer-tools
Benefits & perks
Equity, Bonus, Employee Travel Credits
Tech stack
PythonJavaKotlinGoJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLCI/CDAWS