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.
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
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