Engineering Manager, Quality Platform

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join:

At Airbnb, quality is not a gate — it’s a platform.

The Quality Platform team is reimagining how software is built, tested, and shipped at scale. We sit at the intersection of Infrastructure, Developer Experience, and Applied AI , building the systems that enable thousands of engineers across Airbnb to ship high-quality software with speed and total confidence. We don’t just find bugs — we build the infrastructure that prevents them.

As a cornerstone of Airbnb’s Engineering Hub in Brazil , this team plays a key role in expanding our global platform capabilities while building a high-impact local engineering presence. You will join at a defining moment, helping to shape both the technical direction of the platform and the culture of the Brazil hub.

The Difference You Will Make:

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the vision and execution of Airbnb’s Full-Cycle Testing Platform. Your mission is to move beyond traditional testing silos by building a comprehensive suite of tools that support the entire development lifecycle—from "Shift-Left" early validation and unit testing to high-scale, distributed End-to-End (E2E) automation.

You will be a technical leader and a people leader, serving as a force multiplier for engineering teams across Airbnb’s global ecosystem. You will drive the transition to an AI-native quality model, ensuring that quality is intrinsic to every step of the developer journey.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a High-Impact Team: Build and grow a world-class team of engineers. Foster a culture of Engineering Craft , ownership, and operational excellence.
• Drive Full-Cycle Platform Strategy: Define the roadmap for a unified quality platform that integrates Shift-Left methodologies with robust E2E automation, ensuring high-fidelity signals at every stage.
• Transform Quality with AI: Lead the adoption of AI-native approaches, leveraging LLMs for autonomous test discovery, predictive failure analysis, and self-healing E2E automation.
• Champion "Quality by Design": Influence how large-scale systems are built across Airbnb, ensuring that testability, modularity, and scalability are fundamental parts of our global architecture.
• Scale the Brazil Hub: Partner with the Brazil Site Lead and global leaders to establish operational rhythms, mentor talent, and build the Airbnb engineering brand in the region.

A Typical Day:

• Strategic Leadership: Review technical designs and partner with tech leads to ensure our platform provides early feedback to