Staff Operations Engineer
Staff Operations Engineer leads design, reliability, and evolution of hybrid-cloud and workplace infrastructure. Owns architecture, drives complex projects, mentors engineers, and ensures systems are scalable and secure.
Audiovisual Infrastructure Engineer
Designs, builds, commissions, and maintains large-scale AV infrastructure for Airbnb's event spaces, conference rooms, and broadcast systems. Conducts R&D on new technologies including AI, troubleshoots complex systems, and collaborates with cross-functional teams. Requires 10+ years AV experience and onsite work in San Francisco.
136k – 160kSan Francisco, CADevOps / SREHybrid10+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Oversee design, build, commissioning, and maintenance of 30-100 person multipurpose spaces, boardrooms, and large conference room AV systems with external consultants and integrators.
- Conduct R&D on new technologies, including AI, build and test proofs of concept.
- Collaborate with IT builds project management team during design and build phases.
- Assist in design and operation of broadcast-grade AV infrastructure for large-scale event spaces (100–1,000 people).
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in AV system design, integration, and implementation, emphasizing reliability and supportability.
- Qsys programming and commissioning (Control, UI, DSP programming/troubleshooting; camera tracking a plus).
- Zoom Rooms as VC platform (commissioning, administration, testing, troubleshooting).
- Experience with broadcast AV systems (video cameras, video switchers, digital audio mixing consoles, SDI/IP backbone).
- Programming and troubleshooting DSP systems (QSC, Biamp, Yamaha) and Dante networked audio.
- Expert troubleshooting of complex systems (audio, video, network, control).
- Create AV schematics.
- IP networking design, troubleshooting, basic switch configuration, VLANs.
- Assess, manage, and mitigate risks across complex systems.
- Project management experience.
- Research, document complex R&D projects; create technical and end-user documentation (as-builts, runbooks, troubleshooting guides).
Compensation
Pay Range: $136,000—$160,000 USD (base pay; may include bonus, equity, benefits, Employee Travel Credits).
Skills
QsysZoom RoomsQscBiampYamahaDanteSdiIp NetworkingDspAv Schematics
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