Airbnb

Engineering Manager, Payments

USA - Remote

Sponsorship not specified$212k-$265kDetected 15 days ago

Code ReviewData ScienceStakeholder ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

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.
Your Location: This position is US - Remote Eligible.

Airbnb Payments team supports this mission by economically empowering Airbnb businesses and our global community of guests and hosts.
The team works closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and external payment partners to deliver trusted payment experiences for our community.
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.
As an Engineering Manager on Payments, you will lead one or more engineering teams responsible for building and operating critical payments systems.
You will partner closely with technical leads to make sound engineering decisions, reduce systemic technical debt, and uphold operational excellence for systems that move money at global scale.
This role requires strong people leadership, technical judgment, stakeholder management, and the ability to create clarity across complex business and technical tradeoffs.
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.

If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.

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.
Flexible in leadership style, can adapt to a variety of ways of working depending on the situation.

Airbnb's mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Payments is a core part of Airbnb's business and guest/Host experience, operating across global markets, currencies, payment methods, regulatory environments, and partner integrations.
We build and operate Airbnb's in-house payments platform to support global scale, reliability, compliance, and product flexibility.

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