Engineering Manager, Guest & Host

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Community You Will Join:

We are building tools and a global community to make it easier for people to host on Airbnb. Our team focuses on co-hosting and the infrastructure that enables people to host together as a close collaboration with engineering teams in the US and France you will help shape the future of this global product by accelerating growth deepening adoption and unlocking the long-term potential of this business.

The Difference You Will Make:

As the Engineering Manager within Guest & Host Services youll lead a team of talented diverse software developers to operate and improve our co-hosting services and platform and build the groundwork for additional Airbnb architecture and features. This will include day-to-day operations technical deep dives community engagement and strategic planning. You will work closely with your peers across the Booking Payments and Trust orgs.

Our engineering managers are responsible for creating the vision and then delivering a solution that is flexible always available efficient and scales with the needs of the business. Each manager brings their own unique skill set experiences thought leadership and technical expertise to solve these technical challenges for Airbnb.

A Typical Day:

Explore shape and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale
Collaborate with product design and other stakeholders to identify and document requirements
Strengthen the teams partnerships with key stakeholders in Engineering Design and Product to make ambitious product feature concepts a reality.
Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation
Collaborate with engineers to plan and sequence the delivery of new features and capabilities making necessary trade-offs while effectively communicating the delivery plans and celebrating successful launches
Partner with peer engineering teams to integrate new features that impact different areas within the product
Recruit and nurture exceptional engineering talent by investing meaningful one-on-one time to understand their motivations and team dynamics while also creating a tailored career development plan.
Foster an inclusive team culture and environment that encourages collaboration technical excellence and innovation via calculated risks and product mindset.

Your Expertise:

5 years of engineering management experience with 9 years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced tech environment
Deep expertise with backend systems and complex data modeling in large-scale consumer applications
Excellent communication and presentation skills tuned for both technical or non-technical audiences
End-to-end product-oriented mentality that transcends team boundaries and helps find globally optimal solutions
Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality
Strong collaboration skills able to work effectively and find common ground with a wide range of teams who may have conflicting goals and priorities

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement and allow us to attract creatively-led people and to develop the best products services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application please contact us at: Please include your full name the role youre applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Required Experience:

Manager

The Community You Will Join:We are building tools and a global community to make it easier for people to host on Airbnb. Our team focuses on co-hosting and the infrastructure that enables people to host together as a close collaboration with engineering teams in the US and France you will help shap...