Senior iOS Engineer, Passport & Commerce

Jackalope Digital LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the iOS team within Passport & Commerce, building iOS experiences for millions of hosts and guests. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with backend, Android, and design partners to deliver reliable, scalable iOS solutions.

You will mentor engineers, establish iOS patterns for the team, and help drive performance, accessibility, and CI/CD practices for a large-scale consumer app.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional iOS engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Swift and modern iOS architecture including SwiftUI.
• Experience collaborating with backend, Android, and web engineers to shape APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build iOS features using modern, declarative UI and unidirectional state architecture.
• Collaborate with product and design to translate concepts into polished iOS experiences.
• Work with backend, Android, and web engineers to ensure cross-platform consistency across features.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and participate in code/design reviews.
• Mentor other engineers and raise engineering practice standards as the team scales.
• Troubleshoot performance and reliability issues affecting the iOS app.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

iOS Architecture

Declarative UI

State Management

Dependency Injection

Cross-Platform Collaboration

Mentoring

Performance

CI/CD

Job description

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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:

• Passport & Commerce builds the trusted account and commerce foundation that lets anyone, anywhere, become part of the Airbnb community - from their first sign-up, through the profile and connections they build, to every booking, benefit, and business transaction along the way.
• We're a newly formed org within Guest & Host that brings together identity and commerce foundations under one roof. Our mission is to move Airbnb beyond the transaction - building a world where accounts create trust, value sticks, and the benefits our community earns travel with them, and their businesses, wherever they go.
• You'll work closely with Payments and Wallet engineering, Identity & Privacy, Profile & Community, and Guest & Host product, design, and data science partners as we stand up this team's roadmap and technical foundations.

The Difference You Will Make:

• As a Senior Software Engineer on the iOS team within Passport & Commerce, you will build the iOS experiences that bring various account features to life for millions of guests and hosts. You'll own complex features end-to-end, from technical design through launch, working closely with your backend, Android, and design counterparts.
• Success in this role looks like shipping reliable, performant iOS experiences that reach parity with our Android and web surfaces, establishing patterns other engineers build on as the iOS presence for this team grows, and becoming a trusted technical voice for iOS within Passport & Commerce.

A Typical Day:

• Design and build iOS features using modern, declarative UI and unidirectional state architecture
• Partner with product and design to turn new concepts into polished, accessible iOS experiences
• Collaborate with backend, Android, and web engineers to keep feature behavior and data consistent across platforms
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code, and actively participate in code and design reviews
• Mentor other engineers on the team and help raise the bar on iOS engineering practices as the team scales
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance and reliability issues affecting the iOS app

Your Expertise:

• 6+ years of professional iOS engineering experience, including shipping and maintaining features in a large-scale, production consumer app
• Strong proficiency in Swift and modern iOS architecture, including declarative UI (e.g., SwiftUI), unidirectional state management (MVI/MVVM/Redux-style), and dependency injection
• Experience partnering closely with backend and other platform (Android/web) engineers to shape APIs and keep cross-platform experiences consistent
• A track record of owning complex features end-to-end, from technical design through launch and iteration
• Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to team-level technical decisions
• Comfort operating with ambiguity, including on a newly formed team establishing new iOS surfaces for the first time
• Solid understanding of mobile app performance, accessibility, and release/CI practices for a large-scale consumer app

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at off-sites, 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. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so 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.

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: $196,000 - $227,000 USD