# Staff Software Engineer, Events Logging
**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $212K-$265K
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Java, Kotlin, C++, Backend Systems, Event Logging, Observability, System Architecture, Technical Leadership, Mentorship, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-25
> Staff-level backend engineer driving technical direction for Airbnb's event logging platform. Owns roadmap, mentors engineers, and influences logging strategy across the organization.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Collaborate with partner teams to understand pain points, prototype solutions, and drive adoption of logging products and tooling
- Own the technical direction and roadmap for a major area of the logging platform
- Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation
- Create and present design, product, and architecture documents and provide feedback on others
- Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in logging and observability
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, fostering knowledge sharing and continuous learning

## Requirements
- 9+ years of industry engineering experience
- Strong communication, organizational, and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
- Deep expertise in one or more backend/server languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C++)
- Track record of architecting high-traffic backend systems
- Ability to work outside usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth
- Expertise developing solutions to ambiguous problems
- Experience mentoring and growing engineers across an organization and driving best practices for software development
- Demonstrated ability to influence engineering strategy and shape technical priorities across a large organization

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building internal infrastructure, particularly in event logging and observability
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