Key skills
Android developmentKotlinJetpack ComposeMentoring engineersScalable practicesPrototypingAsynchronous programmingTechnical excellenceDesign sensibilitiesProduct senseAndroid
About this role
Airbnb was born in 2007 and has since grown to over 5 million hosts. They are looking for an engineering leader for the Reservation Management team, responsible for developing key products and driving Android community practices.
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
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
- demonstrated design and UX sensibilities