Staff Software Engineer, Build (Bazel)

Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance their build infrastructure, focusing on improving software reliability and performance while driving technical direction across multiple teams. This role involves architecting improvements to build systems, diagnosing performance bottlenecks, and mentoring senior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Architecting improvements to our existing Bazel installation, and remote build/cache infrastructure to improve correctness, reproducibility, and speed
• Setting the technical roadmap for software build system reliability and performance
• Accelerating inner-loop development velocity, along with CI run-times, by diagnosing and resolving build performance bottlenecks, including remote execution efficiency, cache hit rates, and critical path analysis
• Driving organizational alignment on build system investments across multiple teams and technical domains
• Serving as the technical authority on build systems across Airbnb: setting standards, mentoring senior engineers, and owning build architecture decisions across multiple repos
• Partnering with Security on optimizing build processes related to base images
• Ensuring a commitment to craft and operational excellence

Requirements:

• 8+ years industry experience
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Metrics-driven approach to decision-making, with a track record for delivering quantifiable impact and presenting to engineering leadership
• Expertise in Bazel, and concepts such as action graph, dependency analysis, remote caching
• Driving cross-organizational alignment and decisions for investments
• Strong ability to review code