Senior iOS Engineer, Airbnb
Client Media Foundation
$191-223k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$191-223k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- If you have a product-oriented mindset and love to live at the intersection of product and platform, this role is for you
- 5-9+ years of experience in iOS software development, with a strong focus on media-related technologies (e.g. media processing libraries / frameworks, knowledge of industry standards and best practices for media encoding and compression, and a passion for creating engaging user experiences through media)
- Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C programming languages
- Deep understanding of iOS frameworks such as UIKit, SwiftUI, Core Animation, Core Graphics, Core Audio, and AVFoundation. OpenGL and Metal experience are a plus
- Experience building and maintaining complex, high-performance, and scalable iOS applications
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and optimization skills
- Strong collaboration and communication abilities, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and understand
What the job involves
- The Client Media Foundation team is at the forefront of building infrastructural and user-facing product solutions for all of Airbnb’s frontend media needs
- Joining the team, you will work closely with a skilled, cross-functional group of innovative and passionate individuals, collaborating on projects ranging from Airbnb’s custom video player and Media SDK to motion animation, audio, and AI / ML integrations to enhance user experiences throughout Airbnb
- As a Senior iOS Software Engineer, your expertise will be pivotal in developing and optimizing media solutions for the Airbnb iOS app
- You will work closely with a team of cross-platform engineers with collective expertise in web, native, and backend development to define and shape the future of Airbnb’s media solutions
- Your contributions will directly impact the user experience, ensuring seamless and engaging media experiences for millions of hosts and guests worldwide
- You will also work closely with feature teams across the company to enable more intuitive, faster, and beautiful guest and host-facing product experiences
- Design, develop, and refine media-related features for the Airbnb iOS app, ensuring high-quality and performant user experiences
- Work closely with engineers from product teams across Airbnb, understanding their productivity and feature pain points and building media solutions to resolve them scalably and flexibly
- Partner with designers, working collaboratively to provide and receive constructive feedback towards beautiful and performant media products
- Continuously optimize and improve the performance and reliability of existing media infrastructure
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in iOS development and media processing
- Mentor and guide team members in their career development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth
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
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 HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
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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