Manager, Engineering - Web Platform

Airbnb connects hosts and guests globally, enabling authentic community experiences through unique stays and experiences since 2007.
$204,000 - $260,000
Frontend
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
5,000+ Employees
2+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Travel

Description For Manager, Engineering - Web Platform

Airbnb is seeking a Manager for their Web Platform team to lead and empower engineers working within their TypeScript monorepo. The Web Platform team's mission is to provide foundational libraries, frameworks, and tools for development, testing, and release, enabling high-velocity and quality feature delivery.

As the manager, you'll partner with tech leads to shape team strategy and deliver projects that enhance the productivity of 400+ web engineers. The role encompasses overseeing testing frameworks, developer environments, bundler implementations, CI jobs, client libraries for observability, editor integrations, and an internal web service framework.

The team serves as a crucial bridge between product engineers and platform-agnostic infrastructure teams while maintaining codebase health. You'll be responsible for managing a distributed team, prioritizing projects, fostering stakeholder relationships, and mentoring Staff+ engineers. The position requires strong technical background in web technologies and proven leadership experience.

Airbnb offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $204,000 to $260,000 USD, along with potential bonus and equity benefits. The role is US Remote-eligible with occasional office visits or offsite attendance. Join a company that has grown from hosting three guests in San Francisco to facilitating over 2 billion guest arrivals globally, while maintaining a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.

Last updated 6 days ago

Responsibilities For Manager, Engineering - Web Platform

  • Prioritizing projects across stakeholders and scope to deliver impact to web engineering community
  • Fostering relationships with partner teams and stakeholders
  • Collaborating with other platform teams on shared projects / principles
  • Coaching and mentoring the team with empathy
  • Partnering with Staff and Sr. Staff engineers on architecture trade-offs and strategy
  • Creating plans to address technical debt and improve code quality
  • Contributing to organization's culture and processes

Requirements For Manager, Engineering - Web Platform

TypeScript
React
JavaScript
  • 2+ years of experience as a full-time manager
  • Experience supporting and coaching Staff+ and Senior engineers
  • Experience managing a remote/distributed team
  • Familiarity with best practices for developer productivity
  • Experience working with bundlers, testing frameworks, editor integrations, frontend build/CI systems, observability tooling, or developer environments

Benefits For Manager, Engineering - Web Platform

Equity
  • Employee Travel Credits
  • Bonus
  • Equity

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