Engineering Manager, Guest & Host (Host Listings & Quality)
Required skills
- Guest & Host
- Host Listings & Quality
- Insights Platform
- push notifications
- in-product experiences
- dashboards
- conversational agents
- data engineering
- machine learning
Nice to have
- US - Remote Eligible
- registered entity
- bonus
- equity
- benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
Role summary
Airbnb is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Guest & Host team, focusing on the Insights Platform. This role leads a team of senior and staff engineers in data engineering, machine learning, and backend development. The manager will guide the platform's evolution from batch to real-time processing and from rules-based to model-driven systems, incorporating AI for insight creation and personalization. Responsibilities include defining technical strategy, partnering with product and data science leaders, building scalable systems, mentoring engineers, and fostering a culture of diversity and belonging. The position requires 10+ years of tech industry experience, with at least 5 years in an Engineering Manager role overseeing large-scale software systems. Strong product judgment, experience with distributed systems, ML/LLMs in production, and stakeholder influence are essential. This is a US Remote Eligible position.
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
As the Engineering Manager for the Insights Platform on Airbnb's Guest & Host team, you'll lead the system that decides what every host is told about improving their earnings, quality and listings. It delivers that guidance across email, push notifications, in-product experiences, dashboards and conversational agents. You'll lead a team of senior and staff engineers across data engineering, machine learning and backend through the platform's next evolution: from batch to real-time and from rules-based to model-driven, with AI-assisted insight creation and personalization at its core. The team partners closely with product, design and data science, and with teams across Airbnb that rely on the platform to reach hosts.
A Typical Day:
Your Expertise:
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. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. 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: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. 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:
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 USDReasonable 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.
A Note on Recruiting Scams: Scammers sometimes pose as Airbnb recruiters to get money or personal information from candidates. A few things that will always be true for Airbnb’s hiring process: our open roles are posted on Airbnb’s Career’s Page at careers.airbnb.com, and our recruiters correspond only from @airbnb.com or @ext.airbnb.com email addresses. Our recruiters will never ask for your Social Security number, bank account details, passport, or payment app information while you are interviewing. We’ll also never ask you to pay a fee, send money, deposit or cash a check, or purchase work-related equipment (such as a company laptop) during the interview process. We encourage candidates to remain vigilant of these recruiting scams and not share sensitive information if you do not believe an individual is actually affiliated with Airbnb.
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