[Remote] Engineering Manager, Storage SRE

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. The Engineering Manager for Storage SRE will lead a team responsible for the reliable operation of databases at scale, driving technical roadmaps, improving developer experience, and ensuring operational excellence across database systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the Storage SRE technical roadmap across a 12+ month horizon, setting the direction for how the team deepens its operational model as it takes on new database technologies alongside its existing systems
• Lead and grow a team of engineers by providing mentorship, timely feedback, and career development support to build a high-performing, inclusive team
• Drive the generalization of cluster lifecycle, schema management, and observability tooling as the team broadens its database technology support
• Partner with engineering teams across Airbnb as the primary expert on reliable database adoption, helping them work with mission-critical storage systems safely and efficiently at scale
• Establish and uphold operational excellence standards covering on-call strategy, incident response, backup and disaster recovery, and systemic reliability improvements
• Collaborate with storage infrastructure and platform teams to ensure Storage SRE’s tooling and observability stay current as the broader storage platform evolves
• Improve the developer experience for engineers working with high-traffic transactional storage systems
• Drive performance, security, scalability, and availability initiatives across Airbnb’s database systems
• Communicate technical strategy and trade-offs clearly to engineers and senior leadership

Skills

• 9+ years of relevant industry experience in database infrastructure, storage systems, or site reliability engineering
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading SRE, infrastructure, or platform teams
• Demonstrated track record of building high-performing teams by hiring strong engineers, developing talent, and maintaining team health through periods of change
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to partner with technical leads on architectural decisions, roadmap tradeoffs, and delivery quality
• Proven ability to lead a team through a technology transition while maintaining operational rigor on existing systems
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and production database operations
• Strong communicator able to cut through ambiguity and represent the team credibly to senior leadership

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Company Overview

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