Airbnb

Staff Android Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $204,000 - $255,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Work closely with other senior leaders to define and drive critical product systems that enable the company’s future vision.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product Managers, Experience Designers, 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 design, code reviews, and leadership presentations.
  • Mentor, guide, and support the career growth of individual contributors.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in the tech industry; 1+ years of experience in an Architect or Staff Engineer role, with ownership responsibility over multiple product surfaces.
  • A product-focused Android engineer, preferably with experience using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
  • Strong sense for product experience and business outcomes, willingness to experiment and anticipate future product needs.
  • Track record of strong partnership with product and design leadership, through proactive collaboration, iterative development, and leadership demos.
  • Experience leading multiple engineering teams, architecting, building, and releasing complex user products.
  • Excellent engineering and coding skills, and experience working with GraphQL and REST APIs. Solid understanding client networking, performance, caching, client storage solutions, accessibility, and asynchronous programming. Animation and motion experience, a plus.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners. Demonstrated ability to influence non-technical partners such as product managers, design, and the business to develop a unified approach to overall architecture and product/design capabilities. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with Android, iOS, web, and backend engineers.
  • A proven track record of fostering a culture of Diversity and Belonging, within the organization and across the tech community.
Benefits
  • This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
KotlinJetpack ComposeGraphQLREST APIsclient networkingperformancecachingclient storage solutionsaccessibilityasynchronous programming
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationleadershipmentoringinfluencingproactive collaborationiterative developmentteamworkproblem-solvingfostering diversity