Principal Software Engineer, Performance

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Airbnb's long-term performance strategy across product performance, infrastructure efficiency, and business objectives.
• Lead the architecture and development of performance profiling and instrumentation infrastructure for CPU, GPU, memory, request hot paths, utilization, and deployment events.
• Partner with infrastructure teams (compute, reliability, backend frameworks, AI Infra) to optimize fleet utilization.
• Connect performance outcomes to business objectives and company-wide SLOs, guiding engineering teams in maintaining a scalable and efficient stack.
• Evaluate emerging hardware and software technologies and advise on strategic build vs. buy decisions.

Soft Skills

Benefits

• Dental
• Employee Travel Credits
• Equity
• Health Insurance
• Mental Health
• Vision

Culture

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