Fullstack Engineer, Hinge
$150-180k
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Be an early applicant
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- Fullstack Experience: 3+ years of experience building and shipping production-ready software across the stack
- Backend Strength: Experience building APIs and backend services in a production environment. Experience with Go is a plus
- Frontend Experience: Experience building React-based applications and integrating them with backend APIs
- Engineering Fundamentals: Strong foundation in software engineering principles and a consistent ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Systems Familiarity: Exposure to cloud-native and distributed systems concepts (e.g., Kubernetes, event-driven systems, Kafka, gRPC/Protobuf)
- Collaboration & Communication: Comfortable working with product partners and engineering teammates to deliver scoped features effectively
- Growth Orientation: Eagerness to learn, improve systems incrementally, and take ownership of well-defined projects
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Fullstack Engineer III to join the team at Hinge!
- In this role, you will focus on evolving existing internal web applications and building new UIs that support critical workflows across the organization. You’ll work primarily on hands-on fullstack development—improving usability, expanding functionality, and delivering reliable features that help internal teams operate more effectively
- This role is well-suited for an engineer who enjoys building practical, user-facing tools, iterating on established systems, and shipping high-quality features within a modern, cloud-native environment. You’ll collaborate closely with your engineering teammates and product partners to deliver thoughtful, maintainable solutions
- UI Development & Iteration: Evolve and enhance existing internal web applications, improving usability, performance, and feature depth
- New Feature Delivery: Build new frontend and backend features that support internal operational and product workflows
- Fullstack Engineering: Design, implement, test, and ship scalable features across the stack with a strong emphasis on clean, maintainable code
- API & Service Development: Develop and extend backend services and APIs that power internal tools and integrations
- Code Quality & Best Practices: Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to uphold engineering standards and improve system reliability
- Operational Support: Participate in a weeklong alternating on-call rotation to support the systems you help build
- Modern Stack Development: Work within a cloud-native environment leveraging technologies such as Go, React, Kubernetes, AWS, gRPC, Postgres, Redis, and Kafka
Our take
Hinge is a dating app that stands out by prioritizing meaningful relationships over casual hookups. Designed for people seeking long-term commitments, it moves away from the typical "swipe" approach popularized by apps like Tinder. Instead, Hinge emphasized detailed profiles and compatibility-based recommendations so used can make deeper, more genuine connections.
Back in 2019, half of single people in the US had never tried a dating app. Fast forward to today, and online dating is just part of the norm. Hinge has carved out its place in this market by focusing on long-term meaningful relationships, and is certainly meeting the growing demand for companionship while riding the wave of the online dating trend.
The "dating app designed to be deleted" is the fastest-growing dating app on the market and with online dating becoming the mainstream, Hinge looks pretty set to stay at the top.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2014
$12m
SERIES A
Jul 2014
$4.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $20.6m
Company benefits
- Hybrid and Remote Work: If you're hybrid, you'll come in three times a week. We host our biweekly All-Hands meetings on Wednesdays (often with sweet treats).
- Dating: Experience what our users experience. All US-based Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates. Hinge Premium is also free for all employees and their loved ones.
- Retirement Benefits: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
- Health Insurance: high-quality medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
- Paid Time Off: 20 accruable vacation days annually. Plus 1 floating holiday, 10 wellness days, 1 community service day, and a generous company holiday calendar. PTO increases with tenure after 2 years with the company.
- Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents). We also subsidize fertility care and preservation services.
- Wellness: We subsidize OneMedical, ClassPass, and CitiBike memberships. You and your dependents also have access to individual therapy, group therapy, and coaching services through Modern Health.
- Professional Growth: receive a $3,000 annual Learning & Development stipend after three months, along with free access to Udemy, an online marketplace with over 6,000 courses, starting on your first day.
- Meals: Receive a $30 weekly Seamless credit. In the NYC office, we offer plenty of options for snacks and drinks. Plus, free catered lunches in the office Tuesday through Thursday. In-office lunch varies by location.
- Community Service: We match charitable donations dollar for dollar to a maximum of $15,000 per employee, and give every US-based employee 1 day off for community service annually.
- Commuting: Every US-based hybrid employee gets a $125 monthly commuter subsidy to use for public transportation, parking, bike maintenance and storage, and more.
- Pets: Feel free to bring your best friend to work with you to the NYC office. For US-based employees, we’ll provide pet insurance for your furry family members, too.
- Legal Coverage: You’ll receive low cost access to legal coverage that covers custody and support matters, divorce, real estate and home ownership, tenancy issues, tax issues, wills and estate planning, and more.
- Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide $10,000 toward fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Justin McLeod
(Founder & CEO)Having studied at Colgate University and Harvard Business School, Justin founded Hinge in February 2011. He has served as CEO since.
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