Staff Android Engineer, Guest Displays & Platforms

Details

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Responsibilities

• Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems by rapid prototyping; recognize technical challenges early and collaborate closely with the team.
• Lead and work with Engineering partners to create technical and execution strategies for new projects and legacy migrations.
• Hands-on development, working with teams on edge solutions to problems encountered at scale.
• Passionate about UX, creating delightful user experiences for millions of users.
• Maintain rigorous engineering standards and instill consistency across various codebases and processes.
• Follow data-driven approaches to find inefficiencies in the build/test/deploy pipeline.
• Identify areas of improvement and drive mobile best practices.
• Mentor and coach other engineers through pull request reviews, design document reviews, or 1-on-1 sessions.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience developing Android applications at scale with a high volume of users and attention to visual details.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
• Expertise building and maintaining high-performance and scalable consumer Android applications, preferably using Kotlin, Java, and Jetpack Compose.
• Strong product sense and passion for UI and UX product development.
• Proven ability to collaborate proactively with Product Management, Design, Data, and other Android, iOS, and Web Engineers.
• Experience developing and leading long-term technical strategy.
• Passion for continuous learning and innovation in the mobile industry.
• Sound engineering and coding skills, with understanding of basic data structures and asynchronous programming.

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with your manager. You must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity (some states excluded).

Benefits

The role's base pay range is $204,000 — $255,000 USD and may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits. Job titles may span more than one career level depending on experience and market factors.

Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities during the application process.