Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide. Backed by General Catalyst, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins.
About the role
As the Senior Engineering Manager for Media Foundation, you will lead a team of engineers to build and operate Airbnb's media infrastructure, the foundation powering every photo, video, and document that users interact with on the platform. Capabilities include uploads, AI/ML transformations, distribution, and presentation within the product. You will shape the team’s vision and help steer the organization towards our larger goals.
What they're looking for
- Set technical strategy and architecture for media infrastructure across multiple teams, aligning investment with product and business priorities
- Lead, coach, and grow other managers and senior technical leads, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work
- Partner with Product, Design, Trust, and other infrastructure orgs to shape a resilient, scalable media platform roadmap
- Champion engineering excellence and operational rigor, and resolve systemic technical debt affecting reliability, performance, or velocity
- Retain, grow, and hire a diverse team of high-performing engineers and managers to execute an ambitious media platform vision
- 12+ years of industry experience, with a minimum of 6+ years in engineering management, including managing other managers or senior technical leads
More about this 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.
The Media Foundation team builds the core platforms and infrastructure that power photo and video capture, upload, processing, storage, and delivery across Airbnb's products, at a massive global scale. We partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Trust, and Infrastructure teams to ensure every image and video guests and Hosts see is fast, high-quality, and reliable, from the moment a Host uploads a photo to the moment a Guest views it in search results.
As the Senior Engineering Manager for Media Foundation, you will lead a team of engineers to build and operate Airbnb's media infrastructure, the foundation powering every photo, video, and document that users interact with on the platform. Capabilities include uploads, AI/ML transformations, distribution, and presentation within the product. You will shape the...
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