Airbnb Engineering Manager Communication & Connectivity – Native iOS/Android 

United States 

133420267

The Difference You Will Make:

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be leading a team of very senior, highly motivated, high achieving iOS and Android engineers. You will work closely with product managers, designers and other engineering leaders to align on objectives and deliver delightful overall experiences for guests and hosts. You’ll be finding opportunities for driving technical excellence across all of airbnb and aligning these initiatives with the career growth of our amazing team.

A Typical Day:

• Collaborate with our ICs, partner teams, Directors and VPs to drive key Airbnb initiatives, influencing the experiences of our hosts and guests.
• Partner with native (iOS/Android) stakeholders across the company, fostering a culture of collaboration and constantly improving our apps from infrastructure to finishing touches.
• Lead the charge in proposing initiatives to improve our app's technical foundation.
• Foster a vibrant, growth-oriented environment for our high-achiever team.

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of engineering management experience, with 9+ years of of relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced tech environment
• Strong product and design instinct, previous proven experience building delightfully designed experiences.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Proven experience working with many engineering teams and cross functional partners.
• Flexible in leadership style, can adapt to a variety of ways of working depends on the situation
• Experience leading and shipping large initiatives with high business impact
• Creating a strong culture of operational excellence with focus on raising the bar for quality, reliability and availability
• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality
• Strong communication skill and ability to influence decisions from a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience fostering an inclusive and engaging team environment
• Able to identify, retain, grow and acquire critical talent