Staff Software Engineer, iOS
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:
The Airbnb Hotels organization, which includes HotelTonight, is a fun, entrepreneurial, start-up team where you can have outsized impact. Simplicity is at the core of our products. We pride ourselves on delivering the smoothest and most intuitive hotel booking experience. For hotels, we make it easy to drive incremental bookings so they can focus on the craft of hosting. We aspire to facilitate hotel discovery and serendipity at scale, benefitting guests and hotel partners.
A Typical Day:
- Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems by rapidly prototyping; Recognize technical challenges in the early stages and collaborate closely with the team.
- Take an active role in leading and working with Engineering partners to create technical and execution strategies for new projects and legacy migrations.
- Hands on develop, working with teams on edge solutions to problems that come about when developing at scale.
- Passionate about UX: You have a keen enthusiasm for creating delightful user experiences for millions of users.
- Maintain our rigorous engineering standards and instill consistency across the various codebases and processes you encounter.
- 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-1s
Your Expertise:
- 9+ Years of industry experience
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
- Experience shipping one or more Swift or Objective-C iOS apps, ideally currently available in the App Store.
- Extensive experience working with GraphQL and REST APIs.
- Solid engineering and coding skills. Understanding of basic data structures and asynchronous programming.
- Experience with prototyping is a big plus.
- Ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers (set and drive best practices for iOS client development).
- Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth.
- Interest in innovations within the mobile industry.
- Nice to have: demonstrated design and UX sensibilities.
Your Location:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
How We'll Take Care of You:
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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As a Staff Software Engineer, iOS at Airbnb, you'll be stepping into a vibrant team that has a significant impact on the way people book hotels. Founded in 2007, Airbnb has evolved into a platform that connects millions of hosts with guests seeking unique experiences worldwide. In this role, you'll constantly collaborate with product and design partners to prototype solutions that tackle customer problems. With a focus on delivering smooth and intuitive user experiences, you'll lead and drive technical strategies for various projects while maintaining high engineering standards. Your passion for UX will shine as you create delightful experiences enjoyed by millions. On a day-to-day basis, you'll work hands-on, collaborating with teams to devise edge solutions to scaling challenges, engage in mentoring junior engineers, and proactively identify areas of improvement in our processes. If you have over 9 years of industry experience and a solid background in iOS apps using Swift or Objective-C, you'd be a great fit! This remote-friendly position offers a chance to influence the future of our platform while working with a variety of talented professionals across different areas. Join us as we aspire to keep enhancing hotel discovery and making it more beneficial for both guests and partners alike!
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Airbnb is a leading online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays and experiences founded in 2008. We provide access to 6+ million unique places to stay in more than 81,000 cities and 191 countries worldwide.
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