Engineering Manager, UI Tooling

The Role

The UI Tooling team within UI Foundation is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team in executing with consistency, clarity, and long-term strategic direction. The successful candidate will drive adoption of AI-powered design-to-code workflows across Design and Engineering, establish Airbnb as a leader in this space, and represent UI Tooling in org-level planning and investment conversations.

Core Areas of Focus

• AI Usage of the Design System
• Code Connections and Integrations
• UI Development Skills and Agents
• Prototyping Skills and Agents
• Design Skills and Agents
• Core UI Development Workflow & Tooling
• Core Design Workflow & Tooling
• Collaboration Workflow & Tooling
• Education and Adoption

Day-to-Day Execution

• 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 the highest-leverage tooling investments
• Guide technical decisions across the team — from platform architecture to AI integration patterns — bringing a senior engineering point of view to system design
• Manage staffing, prioritization, and execution consistency, driving clarity and unblocking work across long-horizon platform investments
• 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

Qualifications

• 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, with the depth to engage credibly on architecture decisions
• Track record of driving long-horizon platform investments from strategy through execution, with strong cross-organizational influence and stakeholder management
• Familiarity with Figma's ecosystem — plugins, Dev Mode, Code Connections, or similar design-to-code workflows
• Commitment to inclusive leadership and creating environments where engineers can do their best work

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.