Job brief: Senior Staff Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

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• Listed on Airbnb's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-13 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-13.
• 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: $244,000 to $305,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: United States
• Posted: 2026-09-18

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

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion dedicated to system architecture and design in consumer-facing technology companies.
• Strong leadership skills, with 5+ years of experience as a senior-level technical lead or architect, driving the technical direction and strategy across multiple teams or projects.

Conditions

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

Main duties

• Develop a roadmap with a longer-term vision for Reliability and serve as a strategic thought partner within the organization.
• Design, implement and influence company-wide SRE architecture, innovation, engineering, and standards.
• Create incident management processes that can scale with the organization as it continues its rapid growth.
• Develop Production Readiness standards to ensure service reliability.
• Create a culture where Reliability is a state of mind, instilling a proactive approach to seeing patterns and opportunities to increase leverage and tooling.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $196k a year (980 listings, 58 employers). This listing is 40% higher.
• Across Airbnb's 26 open listings, 12% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Airbnb hires

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