Airbnb
AI/ML
SeniorStaffMachineLearningEngineer,Infrastructure
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“Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure at Airbnb. Skills: Machine Learning Infrastructure, Generative AI Infrastructure, AI/ML Data Foundations, Productionizing ML/AI Models, ML/AI Platforms. Build and continuously improve cutting edge Machine Learning (ML) models for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases. Hands-on develop, productionize, and operate ML/AI models and pipelines at scale, including both batch and real-time use cases”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure Airbnb’s AI/ML models and applications are built with the highest standards in the industry; Position AI at the heart of Airbnb’s future; Ensure efficiency, consistency, and regulatory compliance; Quantify impact
Industry & Context.
Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity, Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of industry experience in applied ML/AI, MS or PhD in relevant fields, programming (Scala / Python / Java / C++ or equivalent) and data engineering skills, Deep understanding of ML/AI best practices (e. g. training/serving skew minimization, A test, feature engineering, feature/model selection), algorithms (e. g. neural networks/deep learning, optimization) and domains (e. g. natural language processing, computer vision, personalization, search and recommendation, marketplace optimization, anomaly detection), Experience with 3 or more of these technologies: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Spark, Airflow (or equivalent), Kafka (or equivalent), data warehouse (e. g. Hive), Industry experience building end-to-end ML/AI infrastructure and/or building and productionizing ML models, Exposure to architectural patterns of a large, high-scale software applications (e. g. , well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms, models), Experience with test driven development, Experience building end-to-end AI/ML platforms and deploying production-grade AI/ML models, Familiarity with state-of-the-art LFMs such as Llama, Mixtral, CLIP, and the Qwen series, Hands-on experience developing RAG platform, leaderboards, chatbots, and agentic AI applications, Expertise in AI/ML governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks
Nice to Have
Familiar with A testing, Familiar with incremental delivery and deployment
What You'll Do.
Build and continuously improve cutting edge Machine Learning (ML) models for Airbnb product
business and operational use cases
and operate ML/AI models and pipelines at scale
including both batch and real-time use cases
Leverage third-party and in-house ML/AI tools & infrastructure to develop reusable
highly differentiating and high-performing Machine Learning systems
Enable fast model development
low-latency serving and ease of model quality upkeep
implement and champion industry-leading best practices to streamline data asset creation
management and utilization
Shape cutting-edge Generative AI infrastructure
Build essential AI/ML data foundations to power diverse AI/ML use cases across Airbnb
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners including software engineers, product managers, operations and data scientists; Identify opportunities for business impact; Understand, refine, and prioritize requirements for machine learning models; Drive engineering decisions
Full Job Description
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. The Community You Will Join: At Airbnb, our mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. We use advanced Data and Machine Learning extensively to create a more connected, empowered, and safer global community, and to enable an intelligent & worry-free travel experience. ML Infrastructure, which is the team you will join in, is tasked to provide robust, scalable, and innovative common shared foundations for modeling, data, governance and productivity, to ensure Airbnb’s AI/ML models and applications are built with the highest standards in the industry. The Difference You Will Make: As part of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our cutting-edge Generative AI infrastructure, positioning AI at the heart of Airbnb’s future. You'll build the essential AI/ML data foundations to power diverse AI/ML use cases across Airbnb. You’ll define, implement and champion industry-leading best practices to streamline data asset creation, management and utilization, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and regulatory compliance. Your contributions will significantly accelerate AI/ML innovation, facilitating rapid development and deployment of high-quality, highly impactful AI/ML solutions throughout the company. A Typical Day: Work with large scale structured and unstructured data, build and continuously improve cutting edge Machine Learning (ML) models for Airbnb product, business and operational use cases. Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners including software engineers, product managers, operations and data scientists, identify opportunities for business impact, understand, refine, and
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