Engineering Manager, Guest & Host Insights Platform

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Employee Travel Credits

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Insights Platform on the Guest & Host team. You will lead senior and staff engineers across data engineering, machine learning and backend to deliver real-time, model-driven insights and personalized experiences for hosts.

You will shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and partner with product, design and data science to drive platform-wide impact across cross-channel delivery and measurement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in tech with 5+ years in an Engineering Manager role over large-scale software systems.
• Experience leading data/ML backend platforms and real-time systems.
• Proven ability to set multi-year technical direction on live platforms.
• Experience applying ML/LLMs in production for personalization or ranking.
• Strong communication and influence across technical and non-technical partners.
• Proven track record growing senior and staff engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture.
• Partner with Product, Design and Data Science to set platform strategy.
• Lead the team to build reliable, scalable systems for insight creation and cross-channel delivery.
• Provide input on team roadmaps and technical direction.
• Mentor engineers and support career growth.
• Hands-on development, including design and code reviews.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data-driven decisions

Real-time / streaming

ML in production

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Airbnb is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Insights Platform on the Guest & Host team. You will lead senior and staff engineers across data engineering, machine learning and backend to deliver real-time, model-driven insights and personalized experiences for hosts.

You will shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and partner with product, design and data science to drive platform-wide impact across cross-channel delivery and measurement.