Engineering Manager, Data Frameworks

Airbnb

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $204,000 - $255,000 per year

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About the role

Lead a team of software engineers building core data platform capabilities that power application-level use cases across Airbnb
Define and execute on a multi-year vision to unify how derived data is produced, consumed, and served in online contexts
Evolve and scale a suite of services, APIs, and data models central to application and ML infrastructure
Partner with engineering and product teams to standardize entity-based access patterns, improve data reliability, and reduce integration overhead
Drive adoption of platform capabilities by collaborating with partner teams to deeply understand use cases and deliver intuitive solutions
Build and grow a healthy, high-performing team emphasizing product thinking, technical depth, and developer empathy
Collaborate with Staff+ engineers, TPMs, and cross-functional stakeholders to define team strategy and execution plans
Review and provide feedback on technical designs related to system and API design, and serving patterns
Support the team in operational excellence, reliability, and continuous improvement of core systems
Mentor team members, provide coaching and career development, and foster a culture of curiosity and ownership
Represent the team in broader planning forums, driving alignment and contributing to org-wide platform strategy

9+ years of relevant software development industry experience with at least 3-5+ years of managing an engineering team
BS or MS in Computer Science or relevant field
Experience leading software engineering teams building developer-facing platforms or data-intensive systems
Strong understanding of distributed systems, application-layer APIs, and event-driven architectures
Proficiency with technologies such as Apache Kafka, GraphQL, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Materialized views and data serving layers, Opensearch, Elasticsearch
Familiarity with building ML-aware data pipelines or data products that support personalization, trust, or search applications
Strong product and stakeholder instincts and ability to balance long-term vision with near-term delivery
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Passion for mentoring engineers and scaling healthy team culture
Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity (US work-location requirement).