Senior Manager, Engineering

Summary

Join Airbnb's Auth Infrastructure team as a Senior Engineering Manager and lead two engineering teams responsible for user authentication and authorization. You will define and drive the technical roadmap, mentor and develop high-performing engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering, engineering management, and building secure, scalable systems. The position is US-remote eligible with occasional office work. Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of building and operating high-scale, distributed systems
• 7+ years of experience in an engineering management role, leading and growing multiple engineering teams, and managing managers
• Experience in developing long-term strategy in building secure, fault-tolerant and reliable authentication and authorization systems at scale
• Strong technical proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Ruby)
• Experience working with cloud platforms (preferably AWS, K8s) and related infrastructure
• Experience with incident management and root cause analysis for critical, high-availability systems
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage two distinct engineering teams: one focused on user authentication (including login, registration, multi-factor authentication, etc.) and the other on user authorization (managing permissions and access control across Airbnb)
• Define and drive the technical roadmap and strategy for Airbnb's authentication and authorization infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business goals and security and reliability best practices
• Mentor and develop a high performing team of engineers and managers, providing guidance, feedback, and opportunities for growth. Foster a strong engineering culture within your teams, emphasizing collaboration, innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate effectively with senior engineers, stakeholders and cross-functional teams, including Product Engineering, Security, Trust & Privacy, and other engineering teams, to understand requirements and deliver impactful solutions
• Sustain efficient operations and lead incident response for your team's critical systems
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in authentication, authorization, and security, and proactively help the team in adopting best practices and relevant trends from the industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of authentication and authorization principles and technologies, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control), and related security protocols
• Contributions to the engineering community across the industry in the security or identity management space
• Experience working in a consumer driven tech company with a large user base

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits