# Senior Engineering Manager, Media Foundation

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $248k – $310k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, media infrastructure, content infrastructure, ingestion, media processing, storage, cdn delivery, uploads, video streaming, reliability engineering, Scalability, technical architecture, technical strategy, operational excellence, Cross-Functional Leadership
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Leads the Media Foundation organization responsible for Airbnb’s large-scale photo, video, and document infrastructure, including uploads, processing, storage, and delivery. Requires extensive industry and engineering management experience, distributed-systems expertise, and a track record of leading managers and cross-team initiatives.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Set technical strategy and architecture for media infrastructure across multiple teams, aligning investment with product and business priorities.
- Lead, coach, and grow other managers and senior technical leads, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
- Partner with Product, Design, Trust, and infrastructure organizations to shape a resilient, scalable media platform roadmap.
- Champion engineering excellence and operational rigor, and resolve systemic technical debt affecting reliability, performance, or velocity.
- Retain, grow, and hire a diverse team of high-performing engineers and managers to execute an ambitious media platform vision.
- Own the reliability, scalability, and evolution of systems supporting media uploads, processing, storage, distribution, and presentation.

## Requirements

- 12+ years of industry experience, including at least 6+ years in engineering management and experience managing other managers or senior technical leads.
- Bachelor's and/or master's degree, preferably in computer science, or equivalent experience.
- Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems, with a track record of setting technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams.
- Strong product judgment and communication skills, with experience influencing senior cross-functional and cross-organizational partners.
- Track record of leading and shipping large, cross-team initiatives with significant business impact.
- Experience building a culture of operational excellence, quality, and reliability.
- Sound judgment balancing short-term business needs with long-term technical and organizational health.
- Ability to identify, retain, grow, and acquire critical engineering and management talent.
- Commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within teams.

## Nice-to-haves

- Experience with media or content infrastructure, including ingestion, processing, storage, and CDN delivery.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Base pay range: **$248,000–$310,000 USD**.
- May be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

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