Engineering Manager, Payments

About the role

Airbnb, a global leader in hospitality, is looking for an Engineering Manager to oversee its Payments team. This position plays a critical role in building and operating payment systems that support Airbnb's mission of fostering community and belonging. You will work closely with various teams, including Product, Design, and Finance, to ensure the delivery of reliable payment experiences.

In this role, you will define technical strategies and lead initiatives that align with business goals. Success will be measured by your ability to nurture a culture of engineering excellence, retain and grow a high-performing team, and effectively collaborate with cross-functional partners to launch impactful solutions.

The salary for this role ranges from $212,000 to $265,000, depending on various factors.

Who this role suits

• Someone with 3-5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• A professional with a strong background in backend systems and user-facing features.
• An individual who excels in communication and collaboration across diverse teams.
• A leader who values operational excellence and fosters an inclusive team environment.

From the employer

As an Engineering Manager on Payments, you will:

• Collaborate with other senior leaders to define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture that enables the company’s future vision.
• Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners to design and deliver high-quality products.
• Lead team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.
• Lead conversations that align technical efforts with business outcomes and product priorities.
• Nurture a culture of technical quality and engineering excellence from design, through code review, to production.
• Enable and empower ICs to grow their impact beyond individual contributions, creating opportunities for them to lead technical initiatives that span across platforms and organizations.
• Retain, grow and hire a team of high-performing engineers.
• Build a strong and diverse team capable of turning ambitious product visions into a polished reality.

Your Expertise:

• 3-5+ years of hands-on experience managing an engineering team and 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced tech environment.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
• Strong expertise in building large-scale backend systems and experience in user facing features.
• Strong product and design instinct, previous proven experience building delightfully designed experiences.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience working with many engineering teams and cross functional partners.
• Flexible in leadership style, can adapt to a variety of ways of working depending on the situation.
• Experience leading and shipping large initiatives with high business impact.
• Creating a strong culture of operational excellence with focus on raising the bar for quality, reliability and availability.
• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
• Strong communication skill and ability to influence decisions from a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Experience fostering an inclusive and engaging team environment.
• Able to identify, retain, grow and acquire critical talent.
• Strong commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within teams.

How We'll Take Care of You:

• Our job titles may span more than one career level. 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 $212,000 — $265,000 USD.