Senior UI Tooling Engineer - iOS & Web Prototyping

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 196,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the UI Tooling team to drive AirChatUI prototyping across macOS, iOS, and web. You will shape the technical direction and build scalable features that empower designers, engineers, and product managers to prototype and visualize ideas rapidly.

You will work across backend, frontend, and mobile, with a product-first mindset, strong collaboration, and a passion for high-performance, accessible interfaces at scale.

Qualifications

• 5–9+ years of industry experience shipping features in large-scale consumer apps.
• Proficiency in Swift and modern iOS architectures (SwiftUI, MVVM/MVI/Redux-style).
• Experience building customer-facing products from zero to one.
• Strong understanding of mobile performance, accessibility, and CI practices.
• Product-first engineering mindset with cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for AirChatUI and rapid prototyping systems.
• Design and build macOS and iOS features using declarative UI and unidirectional data flow.
• Contribute to Kyber web-based prototyping and feature support.
• Write and review code with AI coding agents, ensuring quality and platform health.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Product, Security, and Design to translate objectives into capabilities.
• Enable non-technical builders to prototype features that translate to production.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

MVVM/MVI

Redux-style

Typescript

React

Full-stack

Product-focused

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AirChat CLI

Kyber

macOS development

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the UI Tooling team to drive AirChatUI prototyping across macOS, iOS, and web. You will shape the technical direction and build scalable features that empower designers, engineers, and product managers to prototype and visualize ideas rapidly.

You will work across backend, frontend, and mobile, with a product-first mindset, strong collaboration, and a passion for high-performance, accessible interfaces at scale.