Job brief: Engineering Manager, Streaming Infrastructure

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Airbnb's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-10 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
• The apply link opens careers.airbnb.com, the address Airbnb's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $212,000 to $265,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: USA · United States
• Posted: 2026-11-03

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 3+ years of engineering management experience and 6+ years of hands-on software engineering in a fast-paced environment.
• While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc.
• If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Conditions

• Strong production ownership: on-call, incident response, root cause analysis, and designing for availability.
• All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or menta…
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Main duties

• Build schema management where a change is validated and propagated end to end across streaming, storage, and warehouse systems, with no human in the loop.
• Support compliance and trust.
• Build the data foundation for AI.
• Build a culture of rigor and responsible speed, from design through code review to production.
• Review designs and roadmap tradeoffs with your tech lead and stay close to key technical decisions.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs across the U.S.: $152k a year (2,928 listings, 117 employers). This listing is 57% higher.
• Across Airbnb's 30 open listings, 13% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Airbnb hires

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