About the job
Founded in 2007, Airbnb has transformed hospitality by connecting over 5 million hosts with more than 2 billion guests worldwide. Our platform offers unique stays and experiences that foster authentic connections within communities.
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The Threat Detection and Response (TDR) team at Airbnb is dedicated to enhancing security through automation and effective incident management. Our frontline team is responsible for the detection, investigation, and response to security threats.
We are in search of an Engineering Manager to lead our Investigations & Incident Response team within our well-established TDR organization. This pivotal role merges incident response leadership with strategic oversight and engineering scalability.
Your Impact:
- Develop and implement innovative strategies for detecting, containing, and mitigating security threats, advancing our incident response capabilities.
- Oversee all aspects of incident response and investigation, ensuring effective management from identification through recovery.
- Influence team operations, enhancing our response models, guiding incident execution, and driving automation and engineering solutions.
- Define the vision for a modern incident response function, ensuring investigations lead to significant enhancements in our security posture.
- Evaluate current capabilities, mapping out improvements across personnel, processes, and technology for global response effectiveness.
- Expand the function through automation, improved tooling, and optimized workflows to address repeatable challenges systematically.
- Act as a key liaison to senior leadership, articulating incident trends, risks, and strategic initiatives, while collaborating across the organization to translate incident insights into lasting security enhancements.
Your Daily Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a diverse team of approximately 5 senior engineers.

