Senior Android Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Android Developer, where you will play a pivotal role in creating mobile-first payment experiences. This exciting opportunity allows you to work with talented engineers across agile teams, delivering high-quality products that enhance user experiences for millions of guests and hosts worldwide. You will engage in innovative projects, such as localized payment options and earnings dashboards, while pushing the boundaries of design and functionality. If you're passionate about mobile technology and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Travel Credits

Equity options

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Android development with a focus on user experience.
• Strong skills in Kotlin and Java, with experience in Jetpack Compose.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to design and deliver high-quality Android products.
• Build efficient mobile components and advocate for best practices.

Skills

Android Development

Kotlin

Java

Jetpack Compose

UX Design

Collaboration

Data-driven approaches

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Agile Methodologies

Mobile Development Frameworks

Job description

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join:

Airbnb is a trusted marketplace and travel community. This level of trust is critical to the success of Airbnb and has to extend to each payment experience. Payments enables trust and is a core and strategic part of Airbnb fueling growth with easy to use payment services. We are building a world-class payments platform that moves billions of dollars, in 191 countries, with 75 currencies, through a complex ecosystem of payments partners. As the platform grows we’ll be adding new payment partners, global licenses, and building new payment experiences for our guests and hosts.

The Difference You Will Make:

You’ll play an impactful role to build mobile-first payment experiences on one of the fastest growing platforms for Airbnb. You will get the unique career opportunity to work across multiple agile product teams and make a significant impact for our guest and host community around the world. You will also get to work with a group of talented and passionate mobile engineers.

Recent projects the team has worked on include:

• Provide localized payment options so guests can pay how they prefer to pay
• Build earnings dashboard to provide information and insights to enable hosts to better understand and manage their earnings
• Enable server-driven UI to provide more responsive and customized payment experiences on the Airbnb platform
• Experimenting with redesigning our mobile payment experiences to drive checkout conversion
• Native foundation modernization through platform compliance upgrade, performance and observability improvements

A Typical Day:

• Collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android
• Build efficient and reusable mobile components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable mobile solutions
• Follow data-driven approaches to conduct experiments and iterate features
• Identify areas of improvement and advocate for mobile best practices

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years' industry experience in Android development
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Fluency in Kotlin/Java and Jetpack Compose
• Experience shipping one or more Android apps
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working well within engineering and across functions
• Passionate about design and building UX products
• Pushing boundaries of design and product features by balancing tradeoffs and iterating to the ideal solution
• Interest in innovations within the mobile and payment industries

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. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [e-mail]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. 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.

Pay Range:

$185,000 — $223,000 USD