Senior Staff Software Engineer, Trust

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Trust Engineer to join our team at Airbnb. As a key member of our Trust Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in developing the technology that protects our community and platform from fraud, while ensuring our hosts, guests, homes, and experiences meet our high standards. You will partner closely with leaders across the broader technical organization to design, execute, and deliver complex Trust engineering efforts that require collaboration across multiple parts of the organization. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Trust Engineer, you will define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the Trust Platform, driving the architectural direction for foundational systems that enable scalable, high-quality fraud, safety, and trust decisioning across Airbnb. You will dive deep into Trust Platform components, build system and performance tooling, and identify cross-cutting opportunities to elevate technical quality, operational excellence, and developer delight. You will also champion an AI-first engineering approach, using LLM-powered agents to generate and iterate on code while you focus on problem-solving, system design, and quality oversight. You will partner with technical leaders, product managers, operations, data scientists, and Trust defense & ML teams to define and drive platform capabilities, tackle evolving fraud threats, and deliver measurable business impact. Additionally, you will lead and mentor engineers across teams, raising the technical bar and developing the next generation of technical leaders within the trust engineering ecosystem. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - 12+ years of backend & platform engineering experience designing, building, and operating mission-critical distributed systems at scale - BS, MS or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience - Proven experience guiding multi-year technical roadmaps, aligning long-term platform vision with day-to-day execution across multiple sub-teams - Exceptional communication skills, effective in white-boarding with senior ICs, partnering with cross-functional leads, and presenting strategy to executives and the broader engineering community - Obsession with reliability, with deep experience building and improving observability, SLOs, incident response, and resilience patterns - Hands-on with modern languages (e.g., Kotlin/Java/Scala) and comfortable evaluating and introducing new technologies, including AI-assisted development workflows (LLMs, code generation) - Experience building developer experience & tooling is a plus, with a mindset of treating internal developers as customers and championing self-service, documentation, and delightful DX - Experience in the Trust and Risk domain is a plus WHY REMOTE 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. Please check the list of excluded states, which is continuously evolving, to confirm eligibility. BENEFITS Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible and believes diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth and development.