Engineering Manager, Payments

Details

Airbnb’s Payments team supports the company mission by economically empowering Airbnb businesses and the global community of guests and hosts. Payments is a core part of Airbnb’s business, operating across global markets, currencies, payment methods, regulatory environments, and partner integrations. The team builds and operates Airbnb’s in-house payments platform to support global scale, reliability, compliance, and product flexibility, working closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and external payment partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more engineering teams responsible for building and operating critical payments systems.
• Set clear team priorities and create an environment where engineers and technical leads can do their best work.
• 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.
• 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 and lead technical initiatives that span 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 reality.
• Balance near-term execution with long-term platform health, reduce systemic technical debt, and uphold operational excellence for systems that move money at global scale.

Requirements / Your Expertise

• [M1 - Engineering Manager]
• 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 Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Strong expertise in building large-scale backend systems and experience in user-facing features.
• Strong product and design instinct, with proven experience building well-designed experiences.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; proven experience working with many engineering teams and cross-functional partners.
• Flexible leadership style; able to adapt to different ways of working depending on the situation.
• Experience leading and shipping large initiatives with high business impact.
• Experience creating a strong culture of operational excellence with focus on quality, reliability, and availability.
• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
• Experience fostering an inclusive and engaging team environment and strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Ability to identify, retain, grow, and acquire critical talent.

Your Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with your manager. You must live in a U.S. state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity (some states are excluded; see Airbnb careers for details). If employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you of eligible states.

Compensation

• Pay Range: $212,000—$265,000 USD
• The actual base pay is dependent on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Commitment to Inclusion & Accessibility

Airbnb is committed to working with a broad talent pool and fostering diversity. Candidates with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation for the application or interview process may contact [email protected] with their full name, the role they’re applying for, and the accommodation needed.