Engineering Manager, Payments (AirCover Insurance Platform)

Remote · USD 212,000-265,000 · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

As the Engineering Manager for the AirCover Insurance Platform, you will lead the system that lets Airbnb launch, price, enroll and service insurance products in new regions.
You will lead a team of senior and staff engineers across backend engineering through the platform's next phase from region-by-region builds to a configurable, globally scalable platform.

Scale the insurance platform to new countries and products by making regulatory, pricing, coverage and enrollment rules configurable rather than rebuilt for each region.
Build the experimentation foundation that lets Product and Data Science test coverage offers, pricing, placement and messaging, and measure their effect on attach rate.
Deliver a multi-year platform roadmap and global rollout on a fast-growing team with greenfield opportunities.
Apply data and LLM-driven automation where it improves coverage decisions, quality and the Host and guest experience.
Grow a team that owns initiatives end to end, in an inclusive environment that values well-being and sustainable engineering practices.
Work with senior leaders to define the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the AirCover insurance platform.
Partner with Product, Data Science, Legal and Insurance leaders to set priorities across regional expansion, attach-rate growth and platform reliability.
Lead the team to build reliable, auditable and scalable systems for policy and coverage management, enrollment, pricing inputs and experimentation.
Own the team roadmap, technical direction and operational health, including incident response and on-call quality.
Hire, mentor and develop engineers, and support their career growth.

10+ years of relevant experience in the tech industry, including 5+ years as an Engineering Manager owning large-scale software systems.
Track record of setting and holding a multi-year technical direction on a live, business-critical platform, including leading a major re-architecture or multi-region expansion while continuing to deliver.
Depth in backend platforms, with experience in distributed systems and high-availability services.
Strong product judgment exercised through data, including running experiments and using measurement to improve conversion or attach rate.
Experience managing and growing senior and staff engineers, and creating an environment where they own initiatives end to end.
Strong communication and influence with technical and non-technical partners, including Legal, Finance and Operations.
A proven track record of fostering a culture of Diversity and Belonging within the organization and across the tech community.

Experience with insurance, payments, fintech or other regulated domains is a strong plus.

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.