Engineering Manager, Guest Displays and Platforms
About The Position
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Guest Displays & Platforms team owns the main product details page (PDP) along with Pricing & Availability across the booking flow for all products (Homes, Hotels, Experiences, Services). Our work is at the heart of the Airbnb guest UX, so we work very closely with many teams, including Search, Checkout, Listings, Users, Host Settings, Payments, Tax, Cities, and Trust to create a seamless and consistent guest experience. The Difference You Will Make: You will lead the Pricing & Availability Platform team, responsible for the engine that computes trip-level pricing, availability and related merchandising across the booking flow. The team specializes in low-latency, high-throughput systems powering Airbnb’s highest-traffic surfaces. The team is primarily backend focused, but produces outputs shown across many surfaces and is some of the most critical and high impact details affecting the guest experience and success of Airbnb’s core lines of business. You will build a strong and diverse team capable of turning ambitious product visions into polished reality, nurturing a culture of technical quality and strengthening our systems along the way. A Typical Day: Work with product, design and other stakeholders to determine and document requirements Work with engineers to plan, sequence, make tradeoffs and deliver new features and capabilities Understand the state of our systems to determine where investment may be needed to maintain system health and product quality Establish and communicate overarching vision and high-level guidance for pricing architecture and integration by downstream teams Handle resourcing and communicate deliverable plans Hire and coach exceptional engineering talent
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, with 10+ 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
Responsibilities
- Work with product, design and other stakeholders to determine and document requirements
- Work with engineers to plan, sequence, make tradeoffs and deliver new features and capabilities
- Understand the state of our systems to determine where investment may be needed to maintain system health and product quality
- Establish and communicate overarching vision and high-level guidance for pricing architecture and integration by downstream teams
- Handle resourcing and communicate deliverable plans
- Hire and coach exceptional engineering talent
Benefits
- This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
