Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the iOS Platform, focusing on empowering our developers with best-in-class tooling and AI-driven improvements. You will contribute to Swift-based iOS frameworks and supporting tools used across the Airbnb iOS app.

You’ll collaborate with engineers across teams, drive critical roadmap initiatives, and help scale our AI-enabled workflows and migrations in large codebases. Remote-eligible in the United States.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of industry software development experience.
• Proficient in iOS Swift and building apps, libraries, and frameworks.
• Experience building reliable developer tooling in Go.
• Experience with Ruby and maintaining or improving tooling.
• Experience leveraging Agentic AI to improve software development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members and cross-functional partners to identify opportunities to improve developers' productivity.
• Drive roadmap projects and deliver high-quality results to further our mission.
• Improve existing frameworks and toolings to support ambitious AI-driven goals.

Skills

Software development

iOS Swift

Developer tooling

Agentic AI

Tools

Go

Ruby

Bazel

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform

United States

Role overview

Application

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:

The iOS Platform team’s mission is to provide best-in-class experience for iOS development at Airbnb to empower engineers to deliver innovative solutions with high velocity and quality at scale.

We’re ambitious in our vision, and our work spans a large surface area, from frameworks and tooling to build systems, CI, Testing, and AI automations. We maintain and evolve the core libraries & frameworks that underlie most of the Airbnb iOS app and enable product engineers to build great features. Our application is nearly 100% written in Swift and we adopt the latest Apple technologies including SwiftUI, Swift Macros, Swift Testing, and structured concurrency.

The Difference You Will Make:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving projects that improve AI agents’ effectiveness across the software development workflow by providing the right tools to get work done efficiently and reliably, with high-quality results.

A Typical Day:

Collaborate with team members & cross functional partners to identify opportunities for improving our developers’ productivity.

Drive roadmap projects and deliver high-quality results to further our mission.

Improve our existing frameworks & toolings to deliver on our ambitious vision.

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Experience building reliable developer tooling in Go.
• Experience working with Ruby and maintaining or improving existing tooling.
• Experience leveraging Agentic AI to improve software development workflows and drive large scale migrations.
• Experience identifying and addressing inefficiencies in AI agent workflows to improve execution time, token efficiency, reliability, and quality.
• Experience working in medium- to large-scale codebases.
• iOS development experience in Swift, including building applications, libraries, and frameworks.
• [Nice to have] Experience designing and developing build systems (e.g. Bazel).
• Ability to travel to the San Francisco office for about a week each quarter for gatherings.

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. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

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

$212,000—$265,000 USD