Senior Engineering Manager, Media Foundation

Airbnb

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$248,000–$310,000 / yr
Posted
84 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $203,587–$272,362 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $279k versus about $238k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Airbnb

Founded in 2008 and formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc., Airbnb is a global marketplace connecting travelers with hosts who offer unique accommodations, ranging from private rooms to entire homes. It operates a massive digital platform for booking stays, experiences, and travel services worldwide.

Airbnb currently has 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $206,000–$255,000 across 44 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Media Foundation

The Senior Engineering Manager, Media Foundation leads a team of engineers building and operating the core infrastructure for photo and video capture, upload, processing, storage, and delivery. You will own the reliability, scalability, and evolution of systems powering every media interaction, from host uploads to guest streaming. Daily responsibilities include setting technical strategy and architecture, coaching managers and senior technical leads, and partnering with Product, Design, Trust, and Infrastructure teams to shape a resilient roadmap. You must manage large-scale distributed systems, specifically focusing on media content infrastructure including ingestion, processing, storage, and CDN delivery. The role requires balancing short-term business needs with long-term technical health while resolving systemic technical debt to ensure high-quality, fast, and reliable media performance across the platform.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $238500 from 39 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Set technical strategy and architecture for media infrastructure across multiple teams.
  • Lead, coach, and grow other managers and senior technical leads.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Trust teams to shape the media platform roadmap.
  • Champion engineering excellence and resolve systemic technical debt affecting reliability and performance.
  • Hire, retain, and grow a diverse team of high-performing engineers and managers.
  • Own the reliability, scalability, and evolution of systems powering media interactions.
  • Align technical investments with product and business priorities.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of industry experience.
  • Minimum of 6+ years in engineering management, including managing other managers or senior technical leads.
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
  • Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems with a track record of setting technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams.
  • Media/content infrastructure experience including ingestion, processing, storage, and CDN delivery (preferred).
  • Strong product instinct and communication skills with experience influencing senior cross-functional and cross-organizational partners.
  • Track record of leading large, cross-team initiatives and building a culture of operational excellence, quality, and reliability.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify, retain, grow, and acquire critical engineering and management talent with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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