Engineering Manager, Airbnb
Cloud Infrastructure, Compute
$204-259k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$204-259k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in engineering management, combined with over 9 years in software development within a dynamic tech environment. Candidates should hold a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Proven expertise in managing teams specializing in backend distributed systems
- Demonstrated technical leadership with hands-on experience guiding senior technical teams and establishing technical direction and strategy
- Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities, with a track record of working effectively across teams and organizations on technical projects
- Skilled in retaining, mentoring, developing, and recruiting senior engineering talent
- Proficient in collaborating with senior leadership to define and steer strategic initiatives over a 6+ month time frame
- Active contributor to cultural initiatives that enhance the overall engineering environment
What the job involves
- At Airbnb, we believe in the power of community and the importance of connecting people
- Our mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere, and we are dedicated to building technology that enables these connections
- As we expand our services, we are looking for innovative thinkers and passionate problem-solvers to join our team and help shape the future of hospitality
- Our compute platform serves as the essential foundation for all features delivered by the Cloud Infrastructure team, including security, networking, developer experience, and efficiency
- It guarantees the consistency needed for seamless delivery across multiple cloud vendors
- As an engineering manager, your colleagues will depend on you to provide a cloud native platform that simplifies the process of delivering high-quality features to product teams across Airbnb
- As an Engineering Manager on the Cloud Infrastructure Compute team, you’ll be in a position to empower our developers and support our partners
- You will enable our Cloud Infrastructure engineers to work efficiently and effectively by prioritizing our work, building roadmaps, and providing the support your team needs
- Your team will provide a cloud native Kubernetes platform with the reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience necessary for product teams to deliver first class experiences to Airbnb Guests and Hosts around the world
- Collaborate within a results-driven infrastructure team, ensuring the delivery of infrastructure solutions that prioritize reliability, efficiency, and quality at scale
- Engage deeply in systems design and architecture discussions, evaluating trade-offs and confidently making and defending the technical decisions and direction for your team
- Utilize technical expertise to partner effectively with technical leads, assisting in incident resolution and fostering continuous improvement of the team’s service level objectives (SLOs)
- Work alongside diverse cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize initiatives that align with Airbnb’s product objectives
- Focus on reducing operational costs, enhancing quality, and achieving efficiency gains through significant optimizations and infrastructure upgrades
- Lead, mentor, and expand a high-performing engineering team, serving as the custodian of the team’s architectural integrity
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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