Engineering Manager, Identity & Privacy Experience (Users, Identity & Community)

The community you will join

Identity & Privacy Experience sits at the intersection of user trust, regulatory compliance, and product experience. The team builds the surfaces where users verify their identity, control their privacy, and consent to terms — high-stakes flows that millions of people encounter. You'll join a group within a broader 18-engineer org (three pods: Signup & Login, Account Management, and Identity & Privacy) that values strong engineering craftsmanship, pragmatic execution, and close cross-functional partnership with Trust, Legal, Policy, and Design.

The difference you will make

You will lead the team responsible for how Airbnb earns and maintains user trust through identity and privacy experiences. Your leadership will:

• Own the identity verification experience end-to-end — guest and host IDV flows, government document handling (Vault), and authentic representation features that verify real people behind every account.
• Drive privacy controls that give users real agency — global and trip-level visibility settings, profile access controls, and consent management that balance user autonomy with platform safety.
• Deliver high-stakes compliance experiences — Terms of Service rollouts, consent capture across platforms (iOS, Android, Web), and litigation-ready audit trails that satisfy Legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner deeply with Trust platform teams — translate platform capabilities (consent systems, verification infrastructure, risk signals) into polished product experiences, and advocate for product needs upstream.
• Navigate ambiguity at the intersection of product, legal, and engineering — many decisions in this space involve tradeoffs between user experience, regulatory requirements, and technical feasibility. You'll need to frame these tradeoffs clearly and drive alignment.
• Grow a high-performing, cross-platform team spanning backend, iOS, Android, and web engineers, with a culture of ownership and quality.

Your expertise

• 8+ years of industry experience with 3+ years in engineering management (or equivalent leadership), including leading product engineering teams shipping user-facing features across multiple platforms.
• Experience building and shipping trust, identity, privacy, or compliance-related product experiences — or adjacent domains where regulatory and legal requirements significantly shape the product.