Engineering Manager - AI DevTools Platform

Airbnb; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid volunteer time

Health food and snacks

Generous parental and family leave

Learning and development

Annual travel and experiences credit

Job summary

Airbnb's Dev AI team builds foundational AI tooling and infrastructure to boost developer productivity across the software lifecycle. The role shapes the technical direction of infrastructure and products, spanning AI coding tools, internal SDKs, and rapid AI app development platforms.

You will lead collaboration across teams, stay ahead of evolving AI tooling, and empower developers with scalable solutions that accelerate innovation across Airbnb's product surface.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success partnering cross-functionally, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience supporting and coaching Staff+ (ideally multiple) and Senior engineers.
• Experience managing a remote/distributed team.
• 2+ years of experience as a full-time manager.
• Experience applying AI technologies to real-world software development challenges.
• Prior experience building developer infrastructure, tooling, or platforms, ideally at scale and with tools, frameworks, or systems commonly used in the industry.
• A track record of quickly ramping up in new domains, technologies, or languages - and a genuine excitement for continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the technical direction of the team's infrastructure and products.
• Partner with Staff and Sr. Staff engineers to align architecture trade-offs and product direction.
• Help teams adopt and leverage new AI capabilities in their day-to-day workflows across the company.
• Foster relationships with partner teams and stakeholders, and craft working agreements.
• Coach and mentor the team with empathy to grow in their roles and responsibilities.
• Contribute to the broader organization's culture and processes with a first-team mentality.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Staff coaching

Remote team management

AI tooling experience

Excellent communication

Job description

Airbnb's Dev AI team builds foundational AI tooling and infrastructure to boost developer productivity across the software lifecycle. The role shapes the technical direction of infrastructure and products, spanning AI coding tools, internal SDKs, and rapid AI app development platforms.

You will lead collaboration across teams, stay ahead of evolving AI tooling, and empower developers with scalable solutions that accelerate innovation across Airbnb's product surface.