Airbnb Senior Engineering Manager at Airbnb leading the Media Foundation team responsible for media infrastructure powering photo and video experiences. Owns technical strategy, team growth, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
Set technical strategy and architecture for media infrastructure across multiple teams, aligning investment with product and business priorities.
Lead, coach, and grow other managers and senior technical leads, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
Partner with Product, Design, Trust, and other infrastructure orgs to shape a resilient, scalable media platform roadmap.
Champion engineering excellence and operational rigor, and resolve systemic technical debt affecting reliability, performance, or velocity.
Retain, grow, and hire a diverse team of high-performing engineers and managers to execute an ambitious media platform vision.
12+ years of industry experience, with a minimum of 6+ years in engineering management, including managing other managers or senior technical leads.
Qualification
Bachelor's and/or Master's degreeDemonstrated ability to identify
Required
Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems, with a track record of setting technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams; media/content infrastructure experience (ingestion, processing, storage, CDN delivery) is a strong plus.
Strong product instinct and communication skills, with proven experience influencing senior cross-functional and cross-organizational partners to deliver high-quality, user-facing platform capabilities.
Track record of leading and shipping large, cross-team initiatives with significant business impact, and building a culture of operational excellence, quality, and reliability.
Sound judgment balancing short-term business needs with long-term technical and organizational health, with a flexible leadership style suited to varying team maturity.
Demonstrated ability to identify, retain, grow, and acquire critical engineering and management talent, with a strong commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within teams.
