Airbnb Senior Android Engineer Accessibility 

United States 

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A Typical Day:

• Lead defining and building tooling and process for accessible product development on Android such as:
  • Automated a11y Testing (e.g Android Test Framework)
  • Snapshot Testing for Accessibility
  • How to implement accessibility requirements / annotations
• Participate in defining company-wide a11y standards and policies
• Lead Android accessibility training and support for engineers
• Integrate and support automated accessibility testing and tooling for Android
• Integrate Android accessibility best practices for the whole company, including in our Design Language System, by collaborating with engineers and cross functional partners: designers, product and program managers
• Guide accessibility improvement projects spanning multiple teams
• Work with leadership on promoting and solving accessibility at every stage of the project development lifecycle
• Help address accessibility bugs and enable other teams to conduct remediation initiatives
• Participate in code reviews

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years industry experience
• Fluency in Android UI development with Kotlin
• Experience writing code that meets accessibility standards and best practices, including WCAG
• Knowledge on Android accessibility APIs
• Knowledge of assistive technologies, specifically TalkBack
• Passion for building and helping others build accessible UIs
• Technical understanding of WCAG 2.0 and how it applies to Android Applications
• Awareness of client-side performance considerations
• Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Openness to learning new technologies
• Passionate about healthy team culture and collaboration

Bonus Skills:

• Familiarity with Jetpack Compose
• Experience training and leading workshops
• Experience in a technical leadership role leading large projects and setting technical direction
• Experience with latest Accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.1 / 2.2