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Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform

Airbnb airbnb.com Open
United States Senior Engineering Leadership

At a glance

Senior Engineering Leadership role at Airbnb. United States · $212,000–$265,000 base.

SalaryStated by Airbnb
$212,000 – $265,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleEngineering Leadership
SenioritySenior
LocationUnited States
Base pay$212,000–$265,000
PostedOct 9, 2026
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Work with teammates and partner teams to spot ways to make software development more productive
  • Move roadmap initiatives forward and deliver improvements to the iOS development experience
  • Upgrade frameworks and tools used by engineers building features for the iOS app
  • Give AI agents tools to complete development tasks efficiently and produce reliable, high-quality results

What you bring

  • At least nine years of professional software development experience
  • You have built reliable developer tools in Go and maintained or improved Ruby tooling
  • You have applied agentic AI to development workflows and large-scale migrations
  • You have improved AI-agent workflows for speed, token use, reliability, and results
  • You have Swift experience building apps, libraries, or frameworks and working in large codebases

Who this fits

This senior role suits an experienced iOS engineer who can work across Swift development, developer tools, and AI-assisted workflows. The job is eligible for remote work in the United States, with residence limited to states where Airbnb has a registered entity. Plan on traveling to the San Francisco office for roughly a week each quarter for team gatherings.

From the employer

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.

The Community You Will Join:

The iOS Platform team’s mission is to provide best-in-class experience for iOS development at Airbnb to empower engineers to deliver innovative solutions with high velocity and quality at scale.

We’re ambitious in our vision, and our work spans a large surface area, from frameworks and tooling to build systems, CI, Testing, and AI automations. We maintain and evolve the core libraries & frameworks that underlie most of the Airbnb iOS app and enable product engineers to build great features. Our application is nearly 100% written in Swift and we adopt the latest Apple technologies including SwiftUI, Swift Macros, Swift Testing, and structured concurrency.

The Difference You Will Make:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for driving projects that improve AI agents’ effectiveness across the software development workflow by providing the right tools to get work done efficiently and reliably, with high-quality results.

A Typical Day:

  • Collaborate with team members & cross functional partners to identify opportunities for improving our developers’ productivity.
  • Drive roadmap projects and deliver high-quality results to further our mission.
  • Improve our existing frameworks & toolings to deliver on our ambitious vision.


Your Expertise:

  • 9+ years of industry experience in software development.
  • Experience building reliable developer tooling in Go.
  • Experience working with Ruby and maintaining or improving existing tooling.
  • Experience leveraging Agentic AI to improve software development workflows and drive large scale migrations.
  • Experience identifying and addressing inefficiencies in AI agent workflows to improve execution time, token efficiency, reliability, and quality.
  • Experience working in medium- to large-scale codebases.
  • iOS development experience in Swift, including building applications, libraries, and frameworks.
  • [Nice to have] Experience designing and developing build systems (e.g. Bazel).
  • Ability to travel to the San Francisco office for about a week each quarter for gatherings.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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$212,000—$265,000 USD

Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

A Note on Recruiting Scams: Scammers sometimes pose as Airbnb recruiters to get money or personal information from candidates. A few things that will always be true for Airbnb’s hiring process: our open roles are posted on Airbnb’s Career’s Page at careers.airbnb.com, and our recruiters correspond only from @airbnb.com or @ext.airbnb.com email addresses. Our recruiters will never ask for your Social Security number, bank account details, passport, or payment app information while you are interviewing. We’ll also never ask you to pay a fee, send money, deposit or cash a check, or purchase work-related equipment (such as a company laptop) during the interview process. We encourage candidates to remain vigilant of these recruiting scams and not share sensitive information if you do not believe an individual is actually affiliated with Airbnb.

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