About the job
Founded in 2007, Airbnb has revolutionized the way people travel by connecting over 5 million hosts with more than 2 billion guest arrivals worldwide. Our platform allows guests to discover unique stays and experiences, fostering authentic connections with local communities.
Join Our Innovative Community:
- Viaduct serves as Airbnb’s unified data access layer, handling over 70% of our API traffic.
- Positioned at the heart of our tech stack, Viaduct offers a global schema and query system via a GraphQL interface.
- Our mission is to empower app developers by delivering a smooth, efficient developer experience, enhancing productivity through simplified APIs and improved performance.
- The Viaduct team is composed of seasoned professionals dedicated to setting best practices and architecting the future of Airbnb.
- As part of the Application Platform sector of Infrastructure, we collaborate with various partner teams, including Build Infra, Service Platform, CI/CD, and more.
- We view our platform as a product, adhering to the principles of effective Platform Engineering.
- Having operated in production for over six years, our team is currently launching Viaduct Modern, an evolution of our GraphQL platform aimed at creating the best possible experience for hundreds of engineers at Airbnb.
Viaduct has been released as an Open Source project, allowing your contributions to benefit both Airbnb's internal developers and the wider Open Source community.

