Airbnb
Manager, Engineering – Payments (AI/ML)
Found: December 12, 2025
This role is based in Bangalore, India.
Responsibilities:
- Set direction and priorities, balancing platform generalization and domain-specific needs
- Guide technical decisions, ensuring scalable, multi-tenant platform components
- Raise the bar for AI Ops, improving SLOs, incident management, and system observability
- Lead and mentor engineers, fostering a high-performing, motivated team
- Communicate impact through clear updates on platform adoption and reliability
Requirements:
- 7–10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3–5+ years in leadership or tech lead roles
- Proven success building and operating production backend/infrastructure/ML systems
- Strong product mindset and stakeholder communication skills
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI Observability, and AI Ops is highly desired
- Excellent collaborator and influencer across teams