Job brief: Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Experience

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Airbnb's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-10-20 (19 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens careers.airbnb.com, the address Airbnb's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $196,000 to $230,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: United States
• Posted: 2026-10-20

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• A degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc.
• If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Conditions

• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Main duties

• Deliver secure, efficient, and highly available frameworks and platform capabilities that simplify infrastructure complexity, while optimizing and enhancing …
• Develop APIs and tools enabling Airbnb engineers to simplify service management and provisioning while securely scaling platform enhancements.
• Contribute improvements upstream when they benefit the broader community.
• Create agent-driven workflows with clear change previews and validation.
• Work with service owners and partner teams to identify confusing workflows and improve them.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,148 listings, 68 employers). This listing is 14% higher.
• Across Airbnb's 106 open listings, 35% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Airbnb hires

What nobody outside the employer knows · Not known

• Whether the role is already filled or on hold: employers often leave listings up.
• How many people applied, and who reads the applications.
• Where in the published range an offer would land.

Ask before you apply

1. What are the interview steps, and when should I expect to hear back?

Share this brief

Send it to someone whose opinion you trust. They can open it without an account, and nothing about you is in the link.

Email itText it

To keep a copy, use your browser's Print or Share button.

Next steps

Apply on the employer's page Full listingDoes my CV fit?Practise the interviewShould I apply?

Got a message about this job asking for money or documents? Check the message first.

Keep looking

• All 106 open Airbnb jobs, and how Airbnb hires.
• Saw a job somewhere else? Check if the employer still lists it.
• Search every job JoRoute reads from employers' own job boards. No account needed.