Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb, established in 2007, has grown to connect over 5 million hosts with guests globally. The Engineering Manager for UI Tooling will lead a team focused on enhancing design and engineering workflows, driving the adoption of AI-powered tools, and aligning cross-functional teams to support product development.
Responsibilities
- Define multi-year technical roadmaps for UI Tooling with clear, measurable outcomes tied to UI Foundation goals
- Drive adoption of AI-powered design-to-code workflows across Design and Engineering, establishing Airbnb as a leader in this space
- Build cross-functional alignment with Figma, product teams, and AI/ML partners to advance Airbnb's designer and engineer enablement capabilities
- Represent UI Tooling in org-level planning and investment conversations, shaping prioritization and surfacing dependencies across UI Foundation
- Lead, develop, and grow a team of engineers working across design tooling, developer experience, and AI-powered workflows
- Partner with design and engineering leaders to identify workflow pain points and prioritize the highest-leverage tooling investments
- Guide technical decisions across the team — from platform architecture to AI integration patterns — bringing a senior engineering point of view to system design
- Manage staffing, prioritization, and execution consistency, driving clarity and unblocking work across long-horizon platform investments
- Mentor and develop engineers on the team, supporting career growth and raising the technical bar
- Foster an inclusive team culture grounded in psychological safety and high performance
Skills
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in an engineering management role leading platform, tooling, or design systems teams
- Strong technical foundation in frontend or cross-platform development, with the depth to engage credibly on architecture decisions
- Track record of driving long-horizon platform investments from strategy through execution, with strong cross-organizational influence and stakeholder management
- Experience building or leading developer experience, design tooling, or design system infrastructure at scale
- Familiarity with Figma's ecosystem — plugins, Dev Mode, Code Connections, or similar design-to-code workflows
- Commitment to inclusive leadership and creating environments where engineers can do their best work
- Experience working with AI-powered developer or designer tooling, or integrating LLM capabilities into product workflows
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
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