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Senior Staff Data Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Sep 22, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

As a hands-on technical leader, the fully remote Senior Staff Data Engineer will define and own the multi-year data strategy and architecture for foundational data assets, focusing on building datasets that integrate cost, utilization, and performance signals across Airbnb's infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership across data engineering and analytics engineering efforts, focusing on cloud cost, traffic, and infrastructure intelligence
  • Design and build datasets from the ground up, integrating various performance and reliability signals
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers through design and code reviews
Required Qualifications
  • 12+ years of relevant industry experience with a BS/Masters, or 9+ years with a PhD, in data engineering or a closely related field
  • Proven experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production data pipelines with strong SQL and Python skills
  • Ability to design dimensional models and define reliable metrics
  • Experience leading technical direction for teams or programs without formal authority
  • Track record of building data products from scratch and gaining cross-team adoption

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