Airbnb

Transportation

Airbnb

Service-oriented architecture powering global travel marketplace

Employees:6,000+

Revenue:$9.9B

Founded:2008

HQ:San Francisco, CA

Ticker:ABNB

Key Metrics

Users150M+ users

Listings7M+

Countries220+

Guest Arrivals1B+ cumulative

Tech Stack

React

Ruby

Java

MySQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Apache Spark

Apache Airflow

Bighead

System Architecture

SOA Marketplace Platform

Airbnb Architecture

Global Travel Marketplace

Client Applications

Web (React)

React, Next.js

Mobile Apps

Native

API Layer

API Gateway

Java, Thrift

GraphQL

Apollo

Domain Services

Java, Elasticsearch

Booking

Ruby, Java

Smart Pricing

ML, Python

Trust & Safety

Data Platform

Airflow

Orchestration

Spark

Processing

MySQL

RDBMS

Key Components

Apache Airflow

Workflow orchestration platform created at Airbnb, now Apache project

Python

PostgreSQL

Celery

Bighead ML Platform

End-to-end machine learning platform for search ranking and pricing

Python

Spark

Kubernetes

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Sources

https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering https://github.com/airbnb

Last updated: 2024-12-01