Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infra (Python)

We’re looking for an engineer with deep expertise in Python, Bazel, and infrastructure development in large-scale monorepo environments—someone who can build robust tools, optimize build performance, and scale developer workflows across the organization.

In this role you will be:

Responsible for building the technical strategy and evolving Airbnb’s developer infrastructure that directly moves our core metrics (Developer Experience, Developer Velocity, Debuggability, Resilience and Reliability) while reducing cost.

Partnering with engineering leaders across all Airbnb teams for adoption of the new capabilities. Your customers will be all engineers at Airbnb.

A player/coach of our high-performance team to ensure code quality, commitment to craft and operational excellence

Deliver frameworks and platforms that are secure, efficient, mature and highly available that abstract away infrastructure complexity. Work with other talented and friendly infrastructure engineers to build the foundation for Airbnb’s technical growth over the next decade. Your Expertise:

5+ years of industry experience (and/or relevant academic experience) Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience Experience leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers. You are a full-cycle developer: strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software life cycle. Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams. You are a strong problem solver and have solid debugging skills. You are passionate about developer productivity and making developer lives better.