Staff iOS Engineer, Guest & Host

Summary

Join Airbnb as a Staff Design-Centric iOS Engineer and play a critical role in ensuring quality across Host and Guest signals. Partner with design and product leads to improve Host performance and set Guest expectations, collaborating with ML engineers for delightful user experiences. You will work with other engineers to define, build, and shape the future of Airbnb’s user, listings, and quality-related product flows. Collaborate with cross-functional partners in design, product, data science, legal, and marketing. Work closely with other engineering teams to build performant and scalable systems. This role involves hands-on development, leadership presentations, and mentoring individual contributors. The position is US-Remote Eligible, with occasional office work or offsites.

Requirements

• 9+ years of iOS Engineering experience in the tech industry, with ownership responsibility over multiple product surfaces
• A design-focused iOS engineer, preferably with experience using Swift and SwiftUI.  You’re also aware of cross-platform similarities and differences, and can advocate for web and Android concerns
• Possess an eye for visual detail, strong product sense, and a passion for UI and UX product development
• Track record of strong partnership with design and product leadership, through proactive collaboration, building prototypes, 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 of animation and motion, as well as client networking, performance, caching, client storage solutions, accessibility, and asynchronous programming
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners. Demonstrated ability to influence non-technical partners such as design, product managers, 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

Responsibilities

• 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 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 design and code reviews
• Mentor, guide, and support the career growth of individual contributors

Benefits

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits