About The Position
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: Reservation Management & Additional Products The Reservation Management team drives critical booking and post-booking flows in the Guest and Host Product. The team is responsible for large engineering systems that power Reservation Details, Order management and Alterations among other areas. Furthermore, this team is also responsible for the Experiences product booking flow along with a charter to explore newer product areas, executing on them end to end. We are looking for an engineering leader who can be a champion for the Android community in the broader team, while driving end-to-end development of key products. Experience with building scalable practices that generally guide Android development for a series of products is a quality we are looking for. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated proficiency in collaborating closely with Design partners to rapidly ideate, prototype, develop, and ship innovative product experiences. Learn more about the Mobile culture at Airbnb, also meet our Reservation Management leader - Tommy Nourse!
Requirements
- 10+ years industry experience
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- Expertise building and maintaining high-performance and scalable consumer Android applications, preferably using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Solid engineering and coding skills. Understanding of basic data structures and asynchronous programming
- Ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers (set and drive best practices for Android client development)
- Personal projects that show an aptitude for technical excellence and product sense
- Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth
- Interest in innovations within the mobile industry
Nice To Haves
- demonstrated design and UX sensibilities
Responsibilities
- Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale.
- Design and implement scalable Android practices across the Reservation Management team.
- Be a champion of the team’s Android community, mentor other engineers and uplevel the broader team’s culture.
- Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation
- Develop prototypes to validate ideas while proactively considering long-term implications on technical design and architecture
- Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development
- Writing unit and integration tests, reviewing other’s code.
Benefits
- This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
