Airbnb Engineering & Data Science
The home for Airbnb engineering and data science
Building a Next-Generation Key-Value Store at Airbnb
How we completely rearchitected Mussel, our storage engine for derived data, and lessons learned from the...
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From Static Rate Limiting to Adaptive Traffic Management in Airbnb’s...
How Airbnb hardened Mussel, our key-value store, with smarter traffic controls to stay fast and reliable...
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Pay as a Local
How Airbnb rolled out 20+ locally relevant payment methods worldwide in just 14 months
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Academic Publications & Airbnb Tech: 2025 Year in Review
2025 was a big year for research at Airbnb, as we made significant progress toward our...
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Safeguarding Dynamic Configuration Changes at Scale
How Airbnb ships dynamic config changes safely and reliably
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My Journey to Airbnb — Anna Sulkina
Anna Sulkina has always been a traveler, and we’re lucky her travels have brought her to...
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My Journey to Airbnb: Peter Coles
The story of Airbnb’s Head Economist for Policy and Director of Data Science involves geology, co-teaching...
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