Airbnb
Consumer · Travel marketplace
- HQ
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2008
- Size
- 7,000+
- Funding
- Public (ABNB)
- Website
- airbnb.com
- Blog
- medium.com
Products
Airbnb currently has 36 active job listings related to Artificial Intelligence. The majority of these roles, 64%, are focused on the agents stage, with application stage roles making up another 22%. The top function for these positions is Engineering, followed by Product. Frequent tech tags include agent_orchestration, llm_observability, and model_serving, suggesting a focus on building and managing AI systems.
Currently tracking 22 active AI roles, with 106 new openings in the last 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $117k–$310k (avg $214k).
Consumer · Travel marketplace
Airbnb currently has 3 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance and Personalization, Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI, Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data & Eval. Most positions are in Engineering.
Airbnb's active AI hiring is concentrated in: application (33%), evaluation (33%), agents (33%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Airbnb is hiring AI talent in: United States (3 roles).
Job postings at Airbnb most frequently mention: Market & Technology Trend Analysis, Testing Practices, Statistics, RLHF & Alignment Techniques, Question Answering.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data & Eval Senior Staff ML Engineer focused on setting technical direction and leading execution for ML evaluation and the end-to-end data flywheel powering CSxAI products. This role defines how quality is measured, how feedback is turned into learning signals, and how models and products are continuously improved safely and efficiently. | Eval GateAgent | 9 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance and Personalization Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on relevance and personalization, responsible for search and recommendation systems on the Airbnb platform. This role involves developing end-to-end ranking algorithms, building and improving ML models for various use cases, and productionizing ML pipelines at scale, leveraging large-scale data and cutting-edge AI technologies. | ShipServe | 7 |
| Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI Senior Staff Data Scientist to join the Guest Data Science team, focusing on using AI and causal inference to understand user behavior, detect intent, and build data products for a personalized guest experience. The role involves leading innovation, shaping data strategy, and collaborating with Product to optimize in-product experiences and UX design. Responsibilities include analyzing user behavior, developing technical frameworks, building prototypes with AI toolkits, evaluating preferences, and influencing strategy through presentations. Requires expertise in causal inference, marketplace experience, advanced degree, and strong programming skills in Python/R and SQL. | Agent | 7 |
| Localization Manager, Canada This role is for a Localization Manager in Canada for Airbnb. The primary focus is on developing and executing localization strategies to ensure products and services are well-adapted to local markets, driving international growth. The role requires linguistic and cultural expertise, collaboration with internal teams and external partners, and ensuring a native user experience across platforms. It is not an AI/ML development role. | — | 0 |
| Localization Manager, Canada Airbnb is seeking a Localization Manager for Canada to lead localization strategy, drive international growth, and ensure a native user experience across all platforms. This role involves collaborating with various teams to adapt global strategies to local market needs, managing translation vendors, and acting as a linguistic and cultural expert. | — | 0 |
| Specialist, Premium Support This role is for a Specialist in Premium Support at Airbnb, focusing on customer service for high-value guests and hosts. It involves handling inquiries, resolving issues, and ensuring a positive experience within the Airbnb platform. The role is not directly involved in AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Community Support Engineering Staff Software Engineer for Airbnb's Community Support Engineering team in China. This role focuses on leading project execution, technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment of world-class technology, architecture, and solutions that power Community Support at Airbnb. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional partners, driving technical discussions, tackling complex challenges, writing high-quality code, and mentoring engineers. Requires 9+ years of software development experience, proficiency in backend languages, and experience with large-scale web applications. | — | 0 |