# Software Engineer, Secure Development Engineering

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $162k – $186k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, continuous integration, build systems, monorepos, AWS, static analysis, dependency scanning, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Build and operate a backend platform that runs code checks across Airbnb’s continuous integration systems, emphasizing reliability, latency, APIs, data pipelines, and developer experience. Requires 3+ years of software engineering experience and production experience with a modern programming language.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate backend services that run code checks inside continuous integration, owning reliability and latency.
- Scale the platform to new repositories, languages, and check types while keeping integrations simple for adopting teams.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that store results and dashboards reporting coverage, volume, and time to fix.
- Design clear APIs and integration points for other engineering teams.
- Improve developer experience by reducing noise, writing useful messages, and shortening feedback loops.
- Write tests, add instrumentation, and operate the systems you build.
- Support AI-assisted code review by building evaluation datasets and pipelines that measure output quality.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of software engineering experience.
- Production experience with at least one of Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Experience building and operating backend services or platforms used by other engineers.
- Experience with developer infrastructure such as continuous integration, build systems, or monorepos.
- Ability to write SQL, build data pipelines, and create dashboards.
- Strong testing and debugging practices, with a measurement-driven approach to optimization.
- Clear written communication across teams.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Security tooling, static analysis, or dependency scanning.
- Web or mobile application security.
- AWS configuration concepts.
- Measuring output quality from large language models.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base pay range: **$162,000–$186,000 USD**.
- Potential eligibility for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

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