Engineering Manager, Payments Platform (Remote)

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for the AirCover Insurance Platform, focused on globally scalable insurance services.

You will lead a senior/staff engineering team to enable region-by-region launches, configurable pricing and enrollment, and a rigorous experimentation engine that drives attach rates. You will partner with Product, Legal, Data Science, and Finance to execute a multi-year platform roadmap.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in tech with leadership experience
• Experience owning large-scale software systems
• Strong distributed systems and backend expertise
• Proven ability to lead multi-region expansions and architecture decisions
• Excellent communication with legal, finance, and product partners

Responsibilities

• Define long-term technical strategy and architecture for AirCover Insurance Platform.
• Lead senior engineers and staff through region expansion and platform rollout.
• Own team roadmap, direction, and operational health including on-call quality.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, Legal, Insurance to align regional priorities.
• Mentor engineers and foster an inclusive engineering culture.

Skills

Engineering management

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Airbnb, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for the AirCover Insurance Platform, focused on globally scalable insurance services.

You will lead a senior/staff engineering team to enable region-by-region launches, configurable pricing and enrollment, and a rigorous experimentation engine that drives attach rates. You will partner with Product, Legal, Data Science, and Finance to execute a multi-year platform roadmap.