Identity & Privacy Engineering Manager

airbnb; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb's Identity & Privacy Experience team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a 6-8 engineer group focused on identity verification, privacy controls, and compliance experiences across platforms. You will partner with Trust, Legal, Policy, and Design to ship user-facing features that build trust.

You will grow a high-performing, cross-platform team across backend, iOS, Android, and web, own end-to-end identity verification, consent management, and audit trails, and translate regulatory

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience with 3+ years in engineering management (or equivalent leadership), including leading product engineering teams shipping user-facing features across multiple platforms.
• Experience building and shipping trust, identity, privacy, or compliance-related product experiences — or adjacent domains where regulatory and legal requirements significantly shape the product.
• Strong product intuition and ability to partner with PMs, designers, and legal/policy stakeholders to translate complex requirements into clear, simple user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the identity verification experience end-to-end — guest and host IDV flows, government document handling (Vault), and authentic representation features that verify real people behind every account.
• Drive privacy controls that give users real agency — global and trip-level visibility settings, profile access controls, and consent management that balance user autonomy with platform safety.
• Deliver high-stakes compliance experiences — Terms of Service rollouts, consent capture across platforms (iOS, Android, Web), and litigation-ready audit trails that satisfy Legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner deeply with Trust platform teams — translate platform capabilities (consent systems, verification infrastructure, risk signals) into polished product experiences, and advocate for product needs upstream.
• Navigate ambiguity at the intersection of product, legal, and engineering — frame tradeoffs clearly and drive alignment.
• Grow a high-performing, cross-platform team spanning backend, iOS, Android, and web engineers, with a culture of ownership and quality.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-platform leadership

Communication

Job description

Airbnb's Identity & Privacy Experience team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a 6-8 engineer group focused on identity verification, privacy controls, and compliance experiences across platforms. You will partner with Trust, Legal, Policy, and Design to ship user-facing features that build trust.

You will grow a high-performing, cross-platform team across backend, iOS, Android, and web, own end-to-end identity verification, consent management, and audit trails, and translate regulatory