Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

Summary

Join Airbnb's Cloud Infrastructure Compute team as an Engineering Manager and empower developers while supporting partners. You will lead a high-performing team building a reliable, scalable, and secure Kubernetes platform. A typical day involves collaboration, systems design, incident resolution, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, cost reduction, and team mentorship. This role requires extensive experience in engineering management and software development, along with strong technical and leadership skills. Airbnb offers competitive compensation, including a base pay range, bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in engineering management, combined with over 9 years in software development within a dynamic tech environment
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits