Engineering Manager, Secure Development Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead a team dedicated to developing Airbnb security products for engineers, encompassing secure development frameworks, secure-by-default infrastructure solutions, and identity and access platforms.

• Take ownership of the roadmap for security products that cover secure SDLC, vulnerability management, infrastructure security, and platform identity.

• Foster product thinking with a focus on users, adoption rates, and product deprecation.

• Identify weaknesses in the organization's security posture and translate them into initiatives managed by the team.

• Communicate engineering progress, implications, timelines, and requests to leadership.

• Address ownership disputes between teams related to platform identity, agentic identity, and infrastructure policy.

• Mentor and develop senior and staff engineers through sponsorship, recruitment, promotion cases, and coaching.

• Collaborate effectively with infrastructure, product engineering, compliance, and cross-functional partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3-5+ years of direct experience leading a software engineering team.

• 9+ years of applicable software development experience within a dynamic technology environment.

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Strong instincts in product and design.

• Demonstrated ability to create enjoyable and well-designed user experiences.

• Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities.

• Proven track record of working alongside various engineering teams and cross-functional collaborators.

• Adaptive leadership style that accommodates different working methodologies.

• Experience in leading and delivering large-scale initiatives with significant business impact.

• Background in shipping or managing security software engineering or infrastructure products that are integrated with and relied upon by software engineering teams.

• Capability to cultivate a robust culture of operational excellence focused on quality, reliability, and availability.

• Must reside in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses.

• Equity eligibility.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Employee travel credits.

• Remote work eligibility.

• Occasional work at Airbnb offices or participation in offsite events, as coordinated with the manager.

• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.