Android 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.

About Guest & Host at Airbnb: When Airbnb first started, we introduced the world to Hosting. Hosting is Airbnb’s core business and we work on everything from driving improvements to the Host experience to launching new product verticals from the ground up. The Guest & Host team aims to inspire and empower people around the world to live richer lives by Hosting on Airbnb.

Hosting means many things here at Airbnb. We support Hosts who offer individual Homes, Experiences, Services, multiple Homes, and Hotels on the platform. Within these teams, you can have a significant impact on a wide range of Airbnb products and users. If you are energized by having your work gain high visibility to millions of users and drive impact for the company's bottom line, Hosting is a great place to launch and amplify your Airbnb career.

About The Role

We are looking for an Android engineer to help us build a delightful user experience in every stage of the hosting journey. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android, making a significant impact on our host and guest communities around the world.  Current Team Opportunities: Listings Clients - We provide our hosts with the tools they need to onboard, manage, and merchandise their listings efficiently.

Our team is responsible for delivering intuitive settings and beautiful, easy-to-navigate interfaces across web and mobile, helping hosts handle the many configurations their listings require. By doing so, we ensure guests receive complete and accurate information when choosing a place to stay, an experience to enjoy, or a service to enhance their trip.

How you will be contributing to our mission: Building features to support hosts when creating and managing stays, services and experiences on the Airbnb mobile app. Using cutting edge technologies for Android applications including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and GraphQL while leveraging server-driven UI frameworks. Maintaining quality standards to ensure high performance and availability of our client side platforms.

Working with cross functional teams that enable the hosting platform to millions of users around the world. Collaborating with Product, Design, Data Science and other partners to guarantee timely delivery and proper measurement of new features.   What we are looking for: 3+ years of industry experience Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree (preferably in CS) or equivalent experience Experience shipping one or more Kotlin or Java Android apps, ideally currently available on Google Play Store Personal projects that demonstrate technical rigor, creativity, and product intuition Solid engineering and coding fundamentals, including knowledge of data structures, asynchronous programming, automation, and testing best practices Interest in innovations within the mobile development ecosystem including leveraging AI tools for more efficient results  Experience implementing polished user interfaces, including animations and transitions, and attention to detail that elevate the overall user experience Strong collaboration skills with product, design and backend partners to document specs for intuitive and high-quality features   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: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. 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$157,000—$180,600 USD

Airbnb, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a platform that enables hosts to offer stays and experiences to guests worldwide. The company's marketplace model connects hosts and guests online or through mobile devices to book spaces and experiences. It primarily offers private rooms, primary homes, or vacation homes.

The company was formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc. and changed its name to Airbnb, Inc. in November 2010. Airbnb, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in...