Software Engineer (Dev Tools)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Dev Tools): Building and operating cloud development environments and agent execution platforms with an accent on Kubernetes, distributed systems, and scalability. Focus on optimizing infrastructure costs and improving developer workflows for engineers and AI agents.

Location: Must be based in the United States (Remote Eligible in specific states where Airbnb has a registered entity)

Salary: $162,000 — $190,000 USD

Company

Airbnb is a global platform connecting millions of hosts and guests through unique stays and experiences.

What you will do

• Build and operate cloud development environments and execution platforms for engineers and AI agents.
• Scale Kubernetes-based worker pools, control planes, and APIs for parallel and asynchronous workloads.
• Strengthen source-control and code-review systems to handle growing PR volume and automation.
• Improve developer workflows across build, test, dependency management, and polyglot monorepo tooling.
• Diagnose production issues across distributed systems, networking, storage, and orchestration.
• Set technical direction and mentor team members through code reviews and design feedback.

Requirements

• 2-4+ years of industry experience with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, EBS, and cloud networking.
• Competency in server-side languages such as Go or Python.
• Excellent communication skills to drive cross-team alignment and explain complex tradeoffs.

Nice to have

• Experience with remote development platforms or sandboxed workload execution.
• Infrastructure for AI agents or asynchronous compute workloads.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, build systems, or pre-submit validation.
• Experience with Git, GitHub Enterprise, or large-scale repository hosting.
• Familiarity with Bazel or polyglot build infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base pay with eligibility for bonuses and equity.
• Employee Travel Credits for exploring the world.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Inclusive and belonging-focused company culture.
• Flexible remote-eligible work arrangement within the US.