Senior Android Engineer, Client Products & Emerging Tech

Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb's various functions embody the company's innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

The Community You Will Join: 

The Client Products & Emerging Tech team builds impactful product features for Airbnb’s Guests and Hosts with new and existing technologies, as well as app wide features such as announcements, navigation and task system that aim to provide a cohesive user experience. The Senior Android Engineer joining this team will play a critical role in the end-to-end development of new product areas that leverage emerging technologies. They will collaborate closely with Design partners to rapidly ideate, prototype, develop, and ship  product experiences.

The team is part of the larger Product Foundation organization, which is responsible for Airbnb’s product infrastructure including Design Language System (DLS), 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 Jetpack Compose.

Learn more about Mobile Engineering at Airbnb: Making Airbnb's Android App More Accessible, Introducing Showkase for Jetpack Compose, and Page Performance Score on Android. Also, meet our Client Products & Emerging Tech leader, Cynthia Chu!

The Difference You Will Make: 

• Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale.
• Lead investment into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and 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.

• Writing unit and integration tests, reviewing other’s code.

Your Expertise: 

• 5+ years of experience building consumer Android applications at scale, preferably in Kotlin and Compose.
• Expertise in Kotlin or Java, Jetpack Compose, 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.
• Ability to take a thoughtful, pragmatic, and efficient approach to problem solving
• Proactive in upleveling yourself and others around you through curiosity, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

• Architecting and promoting a library of reusable components

• An understanding of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing

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. Airbnb,Inc. can be employed in states where we have registered entities. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware and Rhode Island. This list is continuously  evolving and being updated, 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. 

How We'll Take Care of You

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base pay for this role is between $204,000—$254,000 USD. 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.  

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at: [email protected].