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Engineering Manager, UI Tooling

Lead and grow the UI Tooling engineering team responsible for design systems infrastructure, developer experience platforms, and AI-powered design-to-code workflows at Airbnb. Own multi-year roadmaps and drive cross-functional alignment with Design, Product, and AI teams.

212k – 265k
Remote10+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Define multi-year technical roadmaps for UI Tooling with clear, measurable outcomes tied to UI Foundation goals
  • Drive adoption of AI-powered design-to-code workflows across Design and Engineering
  • Build cross-functional alignment with Figma, product teams, and AI/ML partners
  • Represent UI Tooling in org-level planning and investment conversations
  • Lead, develop, and grow a team of engineers working across design tooling, developer experience, and AI-powered workflows
  • Partner with design and engineering leaders to identify workflow pain points and prioritize tooling investments
  • Guide technical decisions across the team — from platform architecture to AI integration patterns
  • Manage staffing, prioritization, and execution consistency
  • Mentor and develop engineers on the team, supporting career growth and raising the technical bar
  • Foster an inclusive team culture grounded in psychological safety and high performance

Key Focus Areas

  • AI Usage of the Design System: Figma Code Connections and Integrations, UI Development Skills and Agents, Prototyping Skills and Agents, Design Skills and Agents
  • Core UI Development Workflow & Tooling: Component development and documentation tooling, design-to-code platforms, migration tooling
  • Core Design Workflow & Tooling: Internal design platforms, Figma enablement, design tooling and Figma plugins
  • Collaboration Workflow & Tooling: Motion spec tooling and core motion frameworks, prototyping platform contributions and tools
  • Education and Adoption: Enabling designers and engineers to be properly educated in the tools and ensuring adoption

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in an engineering management role leading platform, tooling, or design systems teams
  • Strong technical foundation in frontend or cross-platform development
  • Track record of driving long-horizon platform investments from strategy through execution
  • Experience building or leading developer experience, design tooling, or design system infrastructure at scale
  • Familiarity with Figma's ecosystem — plugins, Dev Mode, Code Connections, or similar design-to-code workflows
  • Commitment to inclusive leadership

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience working with AI-powered developer or designer tooling, or integrating LLM capabilities into product workflows

Skills

Frontend DevelopmentCross-Platform DevelopmentDesign SystemsFigmaFigma PluginsDeveloper ExperienceAi-Powered ToolingLlm IntegrationPlatform ArchitectureDesign-To-Code Workflows

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