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Airbnb

Principal Software Engineer, Performance

Airbnb
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about 6 hours ago
Remote, United States
Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$292k - $365k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive Airbnb's long-term performance strategy.
  • Lead the architecture and development of performance profiling and instrumentation infrastructure.
  • Partner with infrastructure teams to ensure optimal fleet utilization.
  • Connect performance outcomes to business objectives and company-wide SLOs.
  • Evaluate emerging hardware and software technologies for strategic decisions.
  • Mentor and technically uplevel engineers across the organization.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of performance engineering experience in high-scale environments.
  • Deep understanding of software and hardware systems interaction at scale.
  • Strong familiarity with public cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.
  • Experience with profiling and instrumentation tooling across various resources.
  • Demonstrated ability to define performance objectives and drive delivery.
  • Strong communication and influence skills with senior leadership.

Benefits

  • Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringDevOps