Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering - Communication & Connectivity

Airbnb; United States; A distancia; USD 248.000 - 310.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Airbnb is seeking a senior leader in ML/AI to drive cross-functional alignment and shape multi-year technical roadmaps for data, AI, and product initiatives. You will mentor managers across ML, data engineering, and software engineering, partnering with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver high-impact, production-ready ML systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration across teams to impact Airbnb's core experiences for guests and hosts.

Formación

• 12+ years of engineering experience with 5+ years managing a team in a fast-paced tech environment.
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience building, leading, and architecting full-stack products and systems at enterprise scale with a great impact.
• Experience in applying modern artificial intelligence technologies to products and development cycles.
• Technical leadership: hands-on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, and working cross functionally with Product and Data Science teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsabilidades

• Drive alignment across engineering, product, and leadership on AI investment priorities and set the multi-year technical roadmap.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to take high-impact ML initiatives from concept to production.
• Define and own success metrics that tie ML work directly to business outcomes.
• Grow and mentor a team of ML/Data engineers, raising the technical bar across the org.
• Lead a senior team of Managers and Engineers across Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Software Engineering.

Conocimientos

Engineering leadership

Full-stack systems

AI/ML expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Educación

CS degree (BS/MS/PhD)

Descripción del empleo

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join

Airbnb is powered by our Guests & Hosts. Our teams work on everything from driving improvements for the end-to-end Host and Guest experience to launching new product verticals from the ground up. Our job is to build world-class, comprehensive platforms and features to create high quality experiences for our outstanding guest and host communities. Within our Guest & Host organization is the Communication and Connectivity team. The communication branch owns the tools used daily by millions of guests and hosts, including Messaging (2nd most used surface within Airbnb), push notifications, and other deep integrations with key operating system features. The connectivity branch is responsible for connecting hosts together through various ways, it also built a platform to connect 3rd party partners from various domains with Airbnb. The communication and connectivity team has engineers covering multiple disciplines including web engineers, native engineers, backend engineers, data engineers, and machine learning engineers. The role posted here will focus on Machine learning, Data and AI applications.

The Difference You Will Make

• Drive alignment across engineering, product, and leadership on AI investment priorities and set the multi-year technical roadmap.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to take high-impact ML initiatives from concept to production.
• Ensure high-quality, efficient data pipelines that support both business and AI needs.
• Define and own success metrics that tie ML work directly to business outcomes.
• Grow and mentor a team of ML/Data engineers, raising the technical bar across the org.

A Typical Day

• Lead and mentor a senior team of Managers and Engineers across Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Software Engineering.
• This role is highly cross functional so you will partner with senior leadership across Engineering, Data Science, Product, and across our Business to align stakeholders, define multi-year roadmaps, set and execute on iterative milestones.
• Coaching and developing team members, helping them grow their careers, technical expertise, and collaboration skills.

Your Expertise

• 12+ years of overall engineering experience with 5+ years managing a team in a fast paced, high growth tech environment
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Experience building, leading, and architecting full-stack products and systems at enterprise scale with a great impact
• Experience in applying modern artificial intelligence technologies to products and development cycles
• Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, and working cross functionally with Product and Data Science teams
• Strong communication and collaboration skills. Examples of working across teams and organizations on technical initiatives.

Your Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [e-mail] . Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

How We'll Take Care of You

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits. Pay Range $248,000 — $310,000 USD

Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.