Tech Stack

Description

You will lead the UI Tooling team at Airbnb, owning the strategy and execution for design tooling, UI engineering workflow tooling, collaboration platforms, and AI-powered workflows. Your work will directly impact how hundreds of designers and engineers build products across the company, sitting at the center of strategic infrastructure investments.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 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 with strong cross-organizational influence.
• 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.
• (Bonus) Experience working with AI-powered developer or designer tooling, or integrating LLM capabilities into product workflows.

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.