Senior Android Engineer, Pricing Guidance

The Host Pricing team is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to help us craft the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts. We build features that empower our hosts to run their businesses more effectively - giving them tools and insights that help them optimize pricing and drive better returns. As a Senior Android Engineer, you'll help build the next generation of guidance features that help hosts run their business day-to-day.

Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product Managers, Experience Designers, and Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android. Leverage your UI, Compose, and animation expertise to bring our Android app to the next level and create delightful user experiences. Build efficient and reusable mobile components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable mobile solutions. Identify areas of improvement and drive mobile best practices.
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!

• Collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android
• Build efficient and reusable mobile components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable mobile solutions
• Follow data-driven approaches to conduct experiments and iterate features 
• Identify areas of improvement and advocate for mobile best practices

• 5+ years' industry experience in Android development
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Fluency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. 
• You possess strong product sense, a passion for UI and UX product development, and can effectively communicate with non-technical partners
• Demonstrated ability to proactively collaborate with Product Management, Design, Data and other Android, iOS, and Web Engineers
• Pushing boundaries of design and product features by balancing tradeoffs and iterating to the ideal solution
• You’re passionate about continuous learning and innovation in the mobile industry
• **Bonus Nice-to-have Skills:.
• Experience designing smooth, engaging animations in Jetpack Compose.
• Ability to profile and optimize Jetpack Compose for fast,  jank-free performance.
• Proficiency in crafting automated tests suites that preserve quality and accelerate releases.

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. 

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