[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Event Logging

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global company that connects hosts and guests through unique stays and experiences. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the event logging team to drive the technical direction of their logging platform, collaborating with various teams to enhance user activity data capture and improve overall product innovation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a wide variety of partner teams to understand their pain points, prototype proposed solutions, and drive adoption of logging products and tooling
• Own the technical direction and roadmap for a major area of the logging platform, aligning it with broader organizational priorities
• Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation
• Create and present design, product, and architecture documents and provide feedback on others
• Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices, particularly in the logging and observability space
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning

Skills

• 9+ years of industry engineering experience
• Strong communication, organizational, and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
• Deep expertise in one or more backend/server languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C++) and a track record of architecting high-traffic backend systems
• Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth
• Expertise developing solutions to ambiguous problems
• Experience mentoring and growing engineers across an organization and driving best practices for software development
• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering strategy and shape technical priorities across a large organization
• Experience building internal infrastructure, particularly in event logging and observability

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Company Overview

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.airbnb.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 59 in 2026, 234 in 2025, 176 in 2024, 160 in 2023, 270 in 2022, 250 in 2021, 274 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.