Airbnb Manager Engineering – Client Data & Networking Platform 

United States 

52981019

The Difference You Will Make:

• As the manager of the Client Data & Networking Platform, you will partner with tech leads to shape the team’s strategy and deliver projects that transform the way 800+ engineers build and launch features.
• Mentor and empower senior ICs to grow their impact beyond individual contributions, creating opportunities for them to lead technical initiatives that span across platforms and organizations.
• Drive product thinking and cultivate a product mindset within the team by establishing user research processes, customer outreach, surveys, etc. to ensure the team’s tools and systems evolve to meet the changing needs of Airbnb's engineering community.

A Typical Day:

• Prioritizing projects across stakeholders and scope to deliver impact to our client engineering community
• Fostering relationships with partner teams and stakeholders
• Collaborating with other platform teams on shared projects / principles
• Coaching and mentoring the team with empathy to do their best work while growing in their roles and responsibilities
• Partnering with Staff engineers to assist them in aligning architecture trade-offs and designing strategy
• Contributing to the broader organization’s culture and processes with a “first team” mentality

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of overall engineering experience with 3-5+ years as a full-time manager
• BS or MS in CS or related field
• Experience working on a client platform (Android, iOS or Web), familiarity or interest in GraphQL and client performance.
• Experience and desire to act as the team’s product manager
• Able to effectively work with senior leadership in setting strategic 12+ month direction.
• Experience supporting and coaching multiple Staff+ and Senior engineers
• Experience managing a remote/distributed team
• Experience working on or leading an Infrastructure or Platform team supporting a medium to large engineering organization

Offices: United States