Senior Android Engineer, Airbnb
Accessibility
$185-223k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$185-223k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of industry experience developing consumer Android applications at scale
- Expertise in Kotlin or Java, and Jetpack Compose
- Experience with UI and feature development that meet accessibility standards and best practices such as WCAG
- Track record of leading projects end-to-end that involve strong cross-functional collaboration with Product and Design partners
- Passionate about digital accessibility and proactive in upleveling self as well as others on the subject matter
What the job involves
- As part of the larger UI Foundation team that contributes to Airbnb’s design system and UI tooling, we are involved in all stages of the product development lifecycle, from conceptualization to launch
- This is a unique opportunity to meaningfully elevate the digital accessibility of Airbnb’s Android app for millions of guests and hosts
- To scale accessibility coding practices, you will build technical solutions that range from tooling to foundational capabilities
- While most of your time will involve hands-on development, you will also contribute to educational resources and mentoring other Android engineers on accessibility best practices
- Identify opportunities for improving accessible product development on Android and drive at-scale solutions including design system improvements and automated accessibility testing
- Establish coding standards and patterns on Android that enable engineers to build accessible UIs, e.g. use of semantics in Compose, integration with accessibility services and events
- Partner closely with other accessibility experts in Engineering and Design to translate Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) into actionable projects
- Uplevel Android engineers’ accessibility expertise through training and expanding the tech-wide Accessibility Champions Program
- Participate in weekly office hours alongside iOS, Web, and Design counterparts to support product designers and engineers
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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