Senior Engineering Manager, Airbnb
Anti-Discrimination & Equity Intelligence
$235-300k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$235-300k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of industry experience with 5-7+ years of management experience
- Track record of shipping scalable engineering, data, and machine learning products to consumers
- Experience setting 2-3 year strategies and roadmaps and alignment with diverse stakeholders
- Experience building and growing teams quickly in highly dynamic domains, with a strong leadership track record
- Strong people management skills with a history of helping team members grow
- Passion for contributing to social impact and advocating for diversity
- Expertise with state of the art private/anonymized data analysis is a plus
What the job involves
- Anti-Discrimination & Equity Intelligence is a team responsible for proactively eliminating discriminatory behaviors and gender/racial biases on Airbnb
- The team is responsible for leading industry-leading R&D on anonymized data analysis, translating the research into an in-house production tool that can be used across Airbnb teams, and identifying discriminatory gaps in our product experience and ML models
- You’ll be part of the overall Trust organization that is responsible for mitigating fraud and improving safety for Airbnb users, so that the hundreds of millions of our guests and hosts can travel and host with a peace of mind
- You will drive Airbnb’s strategy for improving the intelligence of inequity and racial/gender biases in our product and ML models by translating our research into various in-house tooling and features, such as Lighthouse
- You will set priorities, and drive execution of the team, balancing velocity and quality while mentoring engineers to help them grow
- You will influence various cross functional teams, such as DS, legal, and privacy, to help drive progress of the Lighthouse analysis and improvements in Airbnb’s product while balancing the requirements of these partners
- You will work closely with product teams across Airbnb to increase awareness and drive adoption of Lighthouse analysis, helping to improve the fairness of our product and ML models by identifying unconscious user bias or discriminatory behaviors on our platform
- You will be leading a lean and senior team of engineers where the domain expands across Software Engineering, Data, Machine Learning, and Tooling
- This role is highly cross functional, with key stakeholders spanning across Data Science, Product, Legal, Privacy, and Business stakeholders
- You will be part of many close knit Airbnb wide communities, including Data, Machine Learning, and Trust
- Partner engineering teams include Guest+Host, Infrastructure, and Customer Service Platform
- You will drive day to day execution of the work, help the team through challenges and proactively address blockers
- You will be working closely with the team to uplevel members and help them grow their careers
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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