Principal Platform Engineer, Security

Airbnb is hiring a Principal Platform Engineer, Security to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Platform Engineer, Security, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents What we offer: • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Generous paid time off and company holidays • Paid parental leave • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Airbnb is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • On-call and incident response experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • A track record of taking ownership and shipping independently