Lead the team in delivering a platform which ensures that Airbnb can leverage experimentation to guide decision-making and build understanding, with speed and reliability.
Be conversant in systems design/architecture, can reason about trade-offs, and ultimately own & defend technical decisions / technical direction for your team
Work across the organization, partnering with both upstream dependencies (e.g. data infrastructure, core services), stakeholders, and customers (Data Science, Analysts, Product Engineers)
Empower the team to achieve a high level of productivity, reliability and simplicity.
Stay current on leading industry trends and participate in defining the company’s engineering culture.
Requirements
5+ years of managing teams of software engineers, with 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast paced tech environment.
BS, MS or PhD in CS or related field
Technical leadership: hands on experience leading highly technical and senior teams and setting technical direction and strategy.
Experience with experimentation and/or feature flagging systems, especially at large scale.
Experience with and passion for experimentation methodology and practice.
Experience with data infrastructure (storage, processing, orchestration) and/or data-driven application development is a big plus.
Strong communication and collaboration skills. Able to work across teams and organizations on technical initiatives.
Able to retain, mentor, grow and hire senior and staff engineers
Able to contribute to culture choices and initiatives that positively impact all of engineering.
Benefits
This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.