Staff iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

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.

The Community You Will Join

As a Staff Design-Centric iOS Engineer on the User, Listings & Platform Client team at Airbnb, you will partner with design and product leads to drive explorations into ensuring quality. This domain spans tracking and measuring across Host and Guest signals, surfacing insights to improve Host performance and set Guest expectations, and collaborating with ML engineers to leverage technical capabilities for delightful user experiences. You will work with other engineers to define, build, and shape the future of Airbnb’s Users, Listings, and Quality related product flows, such as authentication, user profiles, reviews, performance insights, and supply onboarding and management. The team is highly collaborative with partners in design, product, data science, legal, and marketing to deliver features and experiences used by millions of people. The team works closely with other engineering teams to build systems that are performant and configurable with architecture that's scalable and robust.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with other senior leaders to define and drive critical product systems that enable the company’s future vision.
• Collaborate with Experience Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to design and deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions for Quality-related products.
• Provide critical input in team roadmap and technical direction.
• Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt team goals and roadmaps.
• Identify areas of improvement and drive best practices.
• Hands-on development, including building prototypes, leadership presentations, and participating in design and code reviews.
• Mentor, guide, and support the career growth of individual contributors.

Requirements / Your Expertise

• 9+ years of iOS engineering experience in the tech industry, with ownership responsibility over multiple product surfaces.
• Design-focused iOS engineer, preferably with experience using Swift and SwiftUI. Awareness of cross-platform similarities and differences and ability to advocate for web and Android concerns.
• Strong product sense, an eye for visual detail, and a passion for UI and UX product development.
• Track record of partnership with design and product leadership through proactive collaboration, prototypes, and leadership demos.
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams, architecting, building, and releasing complex user products.
• Excellent engineering and coding skills; experience working with GraphQL and REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of animation and motion, client networking, performance, caching, client storage solutions, accessibility, and asynchronous programming.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners; ability to influence product/design/business stakeholders and collaborate effectively with Android, iOS, web, and backend engineers.
• Proven track record of fostering a culture of Diversity and Belonging within the organization and the tech community.

Location & Work Arrangement

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. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you of eligible states.

Compensation & Benefits

The actual base pay depends on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range:

$204,000 — $255,000 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. Diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people and develop the best products, services, and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to submit an application, contact [email protected] with your full name, the role you’re applying for, and the accommodation needed.