Engineering Manager, AI Developer Tools

Airbnb, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb, Inc. is seeking an experienced manager to lead our Dev AI team focused on building foundational AI tooling and infrastructure for developer productivity. You will shape technical direction across agentic coding tools, AI workflows, and SDKs for rapid internal AI app development.

You’ll collaborate with Staff+ engineers, stay ahead of tooling trends, and mentor teams to adopt AI capabilities that accelerate the software development lifecycle across Airbnb.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a full-time manager.
• Experience coaching Staff+ and Senior engineers.
• Experience managing a remote/distributed team.
• Experience building developer infrastructure, tooling, or platforms at scale.
• Experience applying AI technologies to real-world software development challenges.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive our AI for Developers strategy, partnering with Staff and Sr. Staff engineers.
• Stay current on the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape and balance innovation with impact.
• Empower teams and leaders across the company to adopt and leverage new AI capabilities in daily workflows.
• Foster relationships with partner teams and stakeholders, and craft working agreements.
• Coach and mentor the team with empathy to grow in responsibilities.
• Contribute to the broader org’s culture and processes with a first team mentality.

Skills

Staff+ coaching

Remote team management

Dev infra platforms

AI in software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Airbnb, Inc. is seeking an experienced manager to lead our Dev AI team focused on building foundational AI tooling and infrastructure for developer productivity. You will shape technical direction across agentic coding tools, AI workflows, and SDKs for rapid internal AI app development.

You’ll collaborate with Staff+ engineers, stay ahead of tooling trends, and mentor teams to adopt AI capabilities that accelerate the software development lifecycle across Airbnb.