# Senior Staff Data Engineer

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $248k – $310k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Java, Scala, Spark, S3, Apache Iceberg, SQL, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Architecture, GDPR
**Posted:** 2026-06-10

> Lead multi-year vision and architecture for data governance and quality at scale. Define best practices, tooling, and culture while coaching senior engineers and influencing executive strategy on compliance and data integrity.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define the multi-year vision for Data Governance and Data Quality that scales with global business and evolving AI landscape
- Act as primary consultant for executive leadership on data governance, ensuring compliance and stewardship are integrated into the data product lifecycle
- Lead the design of overarching data architectures that anticipate future real-time and AI-driven requirements
- Define best practices, tooling, and culture that enable data organizations to maintain high-quality data autonomously
- Lead cross-functional task forces (Infosec, Legal, Privacy) to navigate complex regulatory landscapes (GDPR, AI Act) and translate them into engineering requirements
- Coach Senior and Staff engineers across the organization on data best practices

## Requirements
- 12+ years of industry experience with proven track record of leading large-scale data initiatives across multiple departments or business units
- Expertise in designing and evolving complex data ecosystems within complex, high-volume environments
- Experience influencing product and business strategy by leveraging data integrity as a competitive advantage
- Deep expertise in the Java/Scala/Spark ecosystem (preferably with knowledge of S3 and Iceberg)
- Strong knowledge of relational databases and query authoring (SQL)
- Strong ability to drive cultural shifts regarding data ownership and quality across an entire engineering organization

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