Senior iOS Engineer, Guest & Host
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:
Checkout builds the bridge between guests and hosts — we’re a high-impact team focused on creating the next generation of our user experience that lets a guest book a stay or experience. We collaborate deeply with our cross-functional partners to design, build, and launch efficient, reliable, and ergonomic systems. We seek to drive innovative solutions that will enable us to revolutionize the travel experience and advance Airbnb’s mission. Our team thrives on strong judgment about data and a foundational appreciation for great design that we work to bring to our guests.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Senior iOS Software Engineer on the Checkout team, you will lead the development and refinement of major features within the application that powers the booking checkout process at Airbnb. You will bring together your passion for great UX, your experience building performant and reliable mobile applications, your knowledge of patterns and practices in iOS development, and your track record of building network-connected applications — and you will play a pivotal role in building the future of our software.
Our ideal candidate has an excellent eye for visual detail, pragmatic approach and a proactive cross functional partnership with Design and Product. The candidate has an absolute commitment to quality, is highly experimental, and not afraid to try solutions. If you are a fervent supporter of user needs and seek a role in a dynamic, teamwork-oriented setting, we invite you to reach out to us!
A Typical Day:
• Lead checkout engineering projects to improve the end user experience, system reliability and performance.
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors — both inside and outside your immediate team.
• Write and review technical designs that solve large, open-ended technical problems without clearly-known solutions.
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners within our team, the larger organization, and our partners in teams such as Payments and Trust to align on long-term technical solutions.
• Apply critical judgment to data — be it about performance, business metrics, or team processes — and use it to inform your work to improve the team and the product.
• Steer end-to-end product with Product Managers, Design, and UX by engaging early and often to guide teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals.
Your Expertise:
• 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Strong coding skills, with a solid understanding of data structures, asynchronous programming, and engineering best practices.
• Proficient in Swift, SwiftUI or UIKit, and UI architecture.
• Experience shipping iOS network-connected apps to the App Store.
• Strong product sense and a passion for UI/UX, with a proven ability to translate vision into both prototypes and high-quality solutions.
• Demonstrated comfort leading technical initiatives, contributing to roadmaps, and solving ambiguous challenges.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, especially in cross-functional teams and with non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring and growing junior engineers, and setting and driving best practices for iOS client development.
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: [email protected]. 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$191,000—$223,000 USD
Apply Now
The Community You Will Join:
Checkout builds the bridge between guests and hosts — we’re a high-impact team focused on creating the next generation of our user experience that lets a guest book a stay or experience. We collaborate deeply with our cross-functional partners to design, build, and launch efficient, reliable, and ergonomic systems. We seek to drive innovative solutions that will enable us to revolutionize the travel experience and advance Airbnb’s mission. Our team thrives on strong judgment about data and a foundational appreciation for great design that we work to bring to our guests.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Senior iOS Software Engineer on the Checkout team, you will lead the development and refinement of major features within the application that powers the booking checkout process at Airbnb. You will bring together your passion for great UX, your experience building performant and reliable mobile applications, your knowledge of patterns and practices in iOS development, and your track record of building network-connected applications — and you will play a pivotal role in building the future of our software.
Our ideal candidate has an excellent eye for visual detail, pragmatic approach and a proactive cross functional partnership with Design and Product. The candidate has an absolute commitment to quality, is highly experimental, and not afraid to try solutions. If you are a fervent supporter of user needs and seek a role in a dynamic, teamwork-oriented setting, we invite you to reach out to us!
A Typical Day:
• Lead checkout engineering projects to improve the end user experience, system reliability and performance.
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors — both inside and outside your immediate team.
• Write and review technical designs that solve large, open-ended technical problems without clearly-known solutions.
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners within our team, the larger organization, and our partners in teams such as Payments and Trust to align on long-term technical solutions.
• Apply critical judgment to data — be it about performance, business metrics, or team processes — and use it to inform your work to improve the team and the product.
• Steer end-to-end product with Product Managers, Design, and UX by engaging early and often to guide teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals.
Your Expertise:
• 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Strong coding skills, with a solid understanding of data structures, asynchronous programming, and engineering best practices.
• Proficient in Swift, SwiftUI or UIKit, and UI architecture.
• Experience shipping iOS network-connected apps to the App Store.
• Strong product sense and a passion for UI/UX, with a proven ability to translate vision into both prototypes and high-quality solutions.
• Demonstrated comfort leading technical initiatives, contributing to roadmaps, and solving ambiguous challenges.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, especially in cross-functional teams and with non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring and growing junior engineers, and setting and driving best practices for iOS client development.
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: [email protected]. 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$191,000—$223,000 USD
Apply Now