Vijaya Kaza is the Chief Security Officer and Head of Engineering for Trust and Safety at Airbnb. She leads teams responsible for developing the technology (Platforms, tools and AI models), to safeguard the Airbnb community, as well as for securing Airbnb’s infrastructure and information assets. She is also the executive co-sponsor of Airbnb Tech’s Diversity Council.
Here’s Vijaya’s story of how she got to Airbnb, in her own words.
Straight shot to science and engineering
I grew up in a modest, multi-generational family in India with 30 to 40 family members under one roof on any given day. As the oldest child in that house, I was expected to excel academically and set an example for the other children to follow.
In our culture back then, being “good at school” was synonymous with shining in science and math. As luck would have it, I had a strong affinity for those subjects and enjoyed studying and diving deep into them. I followed a natural path that combined math and…
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