Senior Software Engineer, Native Mobile

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb, Inc. in San Francisco seeks a Senior Software Engineer who can operate as a true dual‑platform native engineer — fluent in iOS (Swift/ UIKit/SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose), owning features end‑to‑end across both apps.

You design and ship features in parallel on both platforms, partner with design and product to translate requirements into platform‑appropriate implementations, and uphold architecture, performance, and app‑size standards, while mentoring others.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering in native iOS and Android.
• Experience shipping features independently on both platforms.
• Strong mobile architecture keeping two native codebases coherent.
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into concrete implementations.
• Willingness to work across both platforms without React Native or Flutter.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship features across iOS and Android native codebases, often in parallel.
• Partner with design and product to translate specs into platform‑idiomatic implementations.
• Uphold architecture, performance, and app‑size standards across both platforms.
• Contribute to shared contracts and help ramp other engineers through pairing and reviews.
• Participate in technical reviews and architecture discussions.

Skills

iOS (Swift)

Android (Kotlin)

Dual-platform native

Mobile architecture

Code reviews

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:

Guest & Host Technology builds the end-to-end experience that connects people around the world: from the first search to the moment a trip becomes a memory. Because that experience lives natively on iOS and Android, with no cross-platform framework in between, we're looking for engineers who move fluidly across both platforms to keep architecture, performance, and product quality coherent everywhere our guests and hosts show up.

The Difference You Will Make:

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can operate as a true dual-platform native engineer — someone with solid, current fluency in both iOS and Android. You'll own features end-to-end across both apps, and you'll be one of the people trusted to make architectural calls that need to hold up identically on Swift and Kotlin.

You’ll write production code on both platforms, and you’ll also be expected to think beyond any single feature: flagging where our two native codebases are drifting apart, where a shared contract (like our GraphQL client layer) needs to evolve, and helping less experienced engineers ramp into dual-platform work.

A Typical Day:

• Design and ship features across our iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) native codebases, often the same initiative, shipped in parallel on both platforms
• Partner with design and product to translate one product spec into two platform-idiomatic implementations, rather than porting one platform's UI onto the other
• Uphold architecture, performance, and app-size standards that apply equally to both platforms
• Weigh in on shared client contracts (schema, logging, testing frameworks) consumed by both apps, and flag when a change would let the platforms drift apart
• Help other engineers ramp into dual-platform work through pairing and code review
• Participate in technical reviews and architecture discussions where your judgment is expected to span both platforms, not just one

Your Expertise:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep, current, hands‑on expertise in both native iOS (Swift, UIKit/SwiftUI) and native Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), not legacy exposure to one platform and active work on the other
• A track record of independently shipping medium‑to‑large complexity features on either platform without ramp‑up, and the ability to read, debug, and reason about the other platform's code even where you're less deep
• Solid opinions on mobile architecture, backed by experience keeping two independent native codebases coherent at scale
• Comfort owning a feature end‑to‑end with real ambiguity, and identifying when a decision needs to be escalated versus made independently
• Experience partnering closely with design and product to translate ambiguous requirements into concrete, platform‑appropriate implementations
• A pragmatic view on cross‑platform tooling — you understand why fully native matters here, and you're not looking for a role where you can lean on React Native or Flutter instead of doing the harder, more durable work

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.

Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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

Reasonable Accommodations:

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.