Job Overview
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
About the Role We are seeking a Principal / Distinguished AI/ML Researcher and/or Engineer with deep experience in reasoning, planning, and decision-making systems. This role is ideal for individuals who have architected post-training intelligence frameworks, integrated Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) with Knowledge Graphs, and applied Reinforcement Learning (RL) as a first-class component of adaptive planning and control. You will be responsible for inventing, scaling, and operationalizing intelligent decisioning substrates that blend symbolic and sub-symbolic methods, enabling next-generation AI systems that go beyond pattern recognition into the realm of deliberation, foresight, and agency.
Our mission is to build cognitive AI systems that combine post-trained foundational models, explicit memory and knowledge, and rec