Android Software Engineer, Search Feed

The Community You Will Join:

Airbnb’s Search Feed team is responsible for the front-door to Airbnb’s guest product and search experience. The team aims to help users efficiently navigate Airbnb’s app and site to find the ideal listings for their trip, introduce new offerings on Airbnb’s global platform, and inspire users to discover the world with Airbnb. The team works on a number of highly impactful surfaces across Airbnb’s Search and key product pages.

The Difference You Will Make:

In this role you will develop new Search features and enhancements for Airbnb Android applications. You'll be asked to work closely with cross functional partners in design, product, marketing, and data science to bring new features from design to production. You'll also be tasked with prototyping new features to collect feedback and iterate on to reach ideal product solutions for Airbnb guests.

A Typical Day: 

The team is highly collaborative with its partners in design, product, data science, creative, and marketing to deliver features and experiences used by millions of people. We also work closely with other engineering teams on systems that enable engineers to: develop more efficiently; create improvements that make the product more performant and configurable; and build architecture that’s scalable and robust.

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• 2 - 5 years industry experience
• Experience shipping one or more Kotlin android apps, ideally currently available on Google Play
• Solid engineering and coding skills. Demonstrated knowledge of data structures and asynchronous programming
• Communicate product direction and needs to the foundation and infrastructure teams, and collaborate on improving codebase

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. Airbnb,Inc. can employ in  states where we have registered entities. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware and Rhode Island. This list is continuously evolving and being updated. 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.