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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance and Personalization

Airbnb · United States

Posted 8 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
8 days
Airbnb's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Airbnb's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Airbnb
high
87 stale, 16 reposted of 173 open
Hiring momentum
323 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Airbnb's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Airbnb.

About this role

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the Relevance and Personalization team at Airbnb, you will lead projects focused on developing end-to-end ranking algorithms and optimizing business objectives. Your day-to-day work will involve building and improving machine learning models using large-scale structured and unstructured data, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging various machine learning tools and infrastructure to enhance model performance.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
5/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Airbnb as an employer.

What you need

  • 9+ years of industry experience in applied Machine Learning, inclusive MS or PhD in relevant fields
  • Strong programming skills in Scala, Python, Java, C++, or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices and algorithms
  • Experience with 3 or more technologies such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Spark, Airflow, Kafka, or data warehouses like Hive
  • Industry experience building end-to-end Machine Learning infrastructure and productionizing models
  • Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale software applications

What you get

  • Base pay range of $212,000 — $265,000 USD
  • Eligibility for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits

Worth weighing

  • Remote eligible position, but must live in a state where Airbnb has a registered entity
  • Base pay is dependent on various factors and may change in the future

Summarised from Airbnb's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Airbnb on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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