Senior iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb connects guests with hosts offering unique stays and experiences across the globe, founded in 2007 in San Francisco.
$185,000 - $223,000
iOS
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
5+ years of experience
Travel · Consumer

Description For Senior iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb, a global leader in the travel and hospitality space, is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to join their Communication and Connectivity team. Founded in 2007, Airbnb has grown from a small San Francisco startup to a platform connecting millions of hosts and guests worldwide.

The role focuses on building and maintaining critical communication infrastructure, including the messaging system (the second most used feature in Airbnb) and Co-Hosting capabilities. As a Senior iOS Engineer, you'll be working on high-visibility features that directly impact millions of users daily and are crucial for Airbnb's future growth.

The position offers an exciting opportunity to work with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Experience Designers, and other Engineers, to create and improve high-quality products. You'll be responsible for technical design, performance optimization, and reliability of key user interfaces that facilitate host-guest communications and host collaboration.

The ideal candidate should bring 5+ years of mobile development experience, strong technical skills, and a passion for creating excellent user experiences. You'll be working in a collaborative environment where innovation is encouraged, and your contributions will directly impact how millions of people around the world connect through the Airbnb platform.

This remote-eligible position offers competitive compensation ($185,000 - $223,000) and the chance to work with a diverse, inclusive team committed to transforming the travel industry. You'll be part of an organization that values creative thinking, diverse perspectives, and continuous learning, while building features that help create meaningful connections between hosts and guests worldwide.

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Responsibilities For Senior iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to design and deliver high-quality products
  • Identify areas of improvement and drive mobile best practices
  • Contribute to the Android ecosystem across all of Airbnb
  • Be responsible for the technical design, performance and reliability of the cohosting experience, inbox, and other high traffic user surfaces

Requirements For Senior iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

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  • 5+ years of industry experience developing Android applications at scale
  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross functional teams
  • Strong product sense and passion for Android UI and UX product development
  • Experience shipping Android apps to Google Play Store
  • Experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and Motion
  • Experience optimizing mobile applications
  • Solid engineering and coding skills
  • Understanding of basic data structures and asynchronous programming

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