Senior Software Engineer - Authentication Infra
Posted 2025-05-31Description:
Authentication Infrastructure: This team is responsible for building the infrastructure around Airbnbs authentication systems.
Authentication systems support core capabilities around credentials and sessions, along with their lifecycle, security and reliability.
This engineer will work on distributed systems with focus in the domain of authentication.
The systems owned by the team are critical to the availability of the Airbnb platform.
The team collaborates closely with the product, security and infra engineering teams to build new capabilities.
Requirements: Experience working on distributed systems and evaluating trade-offs An ideal candidate should be proficient in Java to be most effective in their role. Experience working in Authentication systems is a plus Proficient in technical communication - writing design docs, presenting in design reviews, writing effective post-mortems from security incidents, etc. Love collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions Are motivated to contribute to a good team culture Are excited to join an impactful infrastructure team
Benefits:
This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Base pay range is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands.
Base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
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