About Airbnb Airbnb is one of the world’s largest marketplaces for unique, authentic places to stay and things to do, offering over 7 million accommodations and 40,000 handcrafted activities, all powered by local hosts. As an economic empowerment engine, Airbnb has helped millions of hospitality entrepreneurs monetize their spaces and their passions while keeping the financial benefits of tourism in their own communities. With more than half a billion guest arrivals to date, and accessible in 62 languages across 220 countries and regions, Airbnb promotes people-to-people connection, community and trust around the world. About Hosting 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 Hosting 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, multiple Homes, and Hotels on the platform. Within Hosting engineering 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 Android engineers to help us build a delightful experience in every stage of the hosting journey. You will get the unique career opportunity to work across multiple agile product teams and make a significant impact on our guest community around the world. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: Collaborating with Product Managers, Experience Designers and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Android Building efficient and reusable mobile components and architecting reliable, performant, and scalable mobile solutions Following data-driven approaches to conduct experiments and iterate features Identifying areas of improvement and drive mobile best practices Sample projects on Hosting: To facilitate use of the Experiences Host calendar as a reservation management tool, we plan to introduce a new agenda view, similar to the “schedule” view on Google Calendar. Additionally, we plan to expand the instance details shown on the calendar to better allow for customer relation management. Improve Inbox for Experiences, making it easier for hosts to find the message and respond faster - Search, filter, tagging, sorting. Support what hosts / guests want to share with each other - PDF (recipe), high quality photos Align the look & feel of inbox with stays. What we are looking for: 10+ years 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 in the Play Store 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 Solid engineering and coding skills. Understanding of basic data structures and asynchronous programming Interest in innovations within the mobile industry Nice to have: demonstrated design and UX sensibilities Benefits: Stock Competitive salaries Quarterly employee travel coupon Paid time off Medical, dental, & vision insurance Life insurance and disability benefits Fitness discounts 401K Flexible Spending Accounts Apple equipment Commuter subsidies Community involvement (4 hours per month to give back to the community) Company sponsored tech talks and happy hours Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Much more… San Francisco, United States