Staff iOS Engineer, Client Products & Emerging Tech

Airbnb

91d • $204,000 - $255,000

About The Position

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 Client Products & Emerging Tech team builds impactful app wide product features and frameworks for Airbnb’s Guests and Hosts with new and existing technologies to provide a cohesive user experience. The Staff iOS Engineer joining this team will play a critical role in the end-to-end development of product areas that leverage emerging technologies. They will collaborate closely with Design partners to rapidly ideate, prototype, develop, and ship innovative product experiences. The team is part of the Product Foundations organization, which is responsible for Airbnb’s product infrastructure including Design System (DS), UI frameworks, media frontend, and data access across different client platforms (Android, iOS, and Web). It plays a central role in Airbnb’s overall client strategy, contributes to libraries such as Lottie and Epoxy, and has more recently enabled Airbnb’s transition to SwiftUI.

Requirements

• 9+ years of building iOS consumer applications at scale, preferably in Swift.
• Expertise in Swift or Objective-C, UIKit, and SwiftUI, as well as knowledge of UI architecture and UI performance.
• Passionate about new technologies and product development with prior experience shipping delightful user experiences that include fluid interactions, motion, and graphics.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills and ability to independently lead projects from start to finish.
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams, architecting, building, and releasing complex user products.
• Proactive in upleveling yourself and others around you through curiosity, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Bachelors, Masters and/or Ph.D preferably in CS, or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale.
• Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions to unlock product innovation.
• Develop prototypes to validate ideas while proactively considering long-term implications on technical design and architecture.
• Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development.
• Partner with peer engineering teams to integrate new features that impact different areas within the product.
• 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.
• Mentor, guide, and support the career growth of individual contributors.

Benefits

• Base pay range of $204,000—$255,000 USD
• Bonus eligibility
• Equity options
• Benefits package
• Employee Travel Credits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees