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AirbnbAirbnbUnited States

Staff Software Engineer, Build

Leads development and optimization of large-scale build infrastructure using Bazel, focusing on performance, reliability, and CI efficiency for Airbnb's engineering teams. Requires 8+ years experience, deep Bazel expertise, and cross-team leadership skills.

204k – 255k/yr
Remote8+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Architect improvements to existing Bazel installation and remote build/cache infrastructure to improve correctness, reproducibility, and speed.
  • Set the technical roadmap for software build system reliability and performance.
  • Accelerate inner-loop development velocity and CI run-times by diagnosing and resolving build performance bottlenecks, including remote execution efficiency, cache hit rates, and critical path analysis.
  • Drive organizational alignment on build system investments across multiple teams and technical domains.
  • Serve as the technical authority on build systems: setting standards, mentoring senior engineers, and owning build architecture decisions across multiple repos.
  • Partner with Security on optimizing build processes related to base images.
  • Ensure 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.

Skills

BazelRemote CachingAction GraphDependency AnalysisCiBuild SystemsRemote ExecutionCache Hit RatesCritical Path Analysis

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