Job Details

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Community You Will Join

Join our team at Airbnb to enhance transparency, empower our global community, and build user trust through strong data privacy protections. The Privacy Engineering team is at the forefront of building cutting‑edge technologies to protect user data and ensure compliance with global privacy regulations. We design and implement scalable privacy solutions that empower product teams to innovate while upholding the highest standards of data privacy. Our team works with design, product, legal, operations, security, infrastructure and other engineering teams to ensure that user data is protected and privacy standards are upheld, fostering a safer and more trustworthy Airbnb community. If you're passionate about building privacy‑first architectures for large‑scale distributed systems, this team is the place to make a real impact!

Difference You Will Make

• Design, prototype, and productionize next‑gen privacy product and infrastructure solutions.
• Work cross‑functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy.
• Provide technical leadership and deeply collaborate with privacy experts to design and integrate cutting‑edge privacy safeguards into Airbnb's tech stack.
• Drive, lead, and contribute to the full software development cycle: technical design, development, QA, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
• Provide critical input in code and design reviews, give feedback on product specs and mocks, influence team roadmap and long‑term technical direction.
• Work with cross functional partners to enable Privacy by Design into engineering & product development processes at Airbnb.

Your Expertise

• 6+ years of full stack software development experience.
• Proficient in at least one major programming language (preferably Java / Kotlin / Scala).
• Hands‑on experience writing, optimizing, and monitoring GraphQL queries and mutations in a production environment.
• Passion for delivering products end‑to‑end: from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing.
• Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high‑scale web applications, such as well‑designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.
• Passionate about design and building UX products. You bring flexibility to collaboration with design and product partners by presenting tradeoffs and iterating to the ideal solution.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with strong attention to detail.
• Desire to work collaboratively with cross‑functional partners, such as design, product, data science, infrastructure, policy, operations, and legal partners.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with privacy regulations (such as GDPR), and privacy‑enforcing tooling and infrastructure.

Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively‑led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: ...@airbnb.com . Please include your full name, the role you're applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How We'll Take Care of You

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.