Senior iOS Engineer, Airbnb
Guest Displays & Platforms
$191-223k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$191-223k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for an individual who is passionate about owning and improving the foundation upon which our products are built
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of experience building, scaling, and maintaining iOS applications for large user bases, with strong attention to design quality and detail
- Advanced proficiency in Swift and Objective-C, with hands-on experience using UIKit, SwiftUI, and modern iOS UI architectures, emphasizing performance and maintainability
- Extensive experience integrating and consuming GraphQL APIs in production
- Demonstrated success shipping high-quality iOS applications to the App Store, with strong technical execution and product judgment
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, asynchronous programming, and mobile engineering best practices
- Proven ability to independently design and deliver solutions in ambiguous problem spaces, including cross-team and cross-system integrations
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering closely with product, design, and other non-engineering stakeholders
- Solid product sense and passion for UI/UX, with the ability to translate product vision into polished, user-focused experiences
- Experience leading technical initiatives within a team, contributing to planning and execution, and solving complex engineering challenges
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with evolving mobile technologies and platform trends
- Demonstrated desire to mentor teammates and elevate code quality through reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
What the job involves
- The Guest Displays & Platforms team owns the main product details page (PDP) along with Pricing & Availability across the booking flow for all products (Homes, Hotels, Experiences, Services)
- Our work is at the heart of the Airbnb guest UX, so we work very closely with many teams, including Search, Checkout, Listings, Users, Host Settings, Payments, Tax, Cities, and Trust to create a seamless and consistent guest experience
- You’ll work with a talented and diverse group of mobile engineers to build high-quality, mobile-first experiences that help our guests book their travel on Airbnb
- In this role, you’ll help shape the mobile technical vision by delivering flexible, performant, and scalable iOS solutions on one of Airbnb’s most critical surfaces
- You’ll collaborate across multiple agile product teams, applying your mobile expertise to solve complex problems and drive meaningful impact for our global community
- We are a tightly knit team that thrives on trust and care for each other, allowing everyone to bring the best versions of themselves to work
- We expect an ideal candidate for this role to share these values and uplift our team’s culture in their own unique way
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to translate product and business strategy into high-quality, user-focused features
- Own and contribute across the full development lifecycle—from technical design and implementation to testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch—while providing thoughtful feedback on product specs, UX mocks, code, and design documents
- Champion a culture of technical excellence by upholding high standards in architecture, code reviews, and production operations, ensuring reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability
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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