Director of AI Platform, Hinge
$270-324k
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Job no longer available
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$270-324k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience as an ML, backend, data, or platform engineer, with 4+ years of experience in ML/AI
- 3+ years of engineering management experience ideally in an AI platform role
- Expertise in building and supporting ML ops and data infrastructure
- Comfort with cloud native infrastructure
- Demonstrated technical leadership experience in aligning platform strategy with product and business objectives
- Demonstrated ability to drive execution to exceed business objectives
- Passion for developing, coaching, and scaling direct reports
- Effective communication with individuals from diverse technical and non-technical backgrounds
- Strong ability to lead and evaluate build vs buy trade offs
- Nice to have: Previous experience with AWS, Argo, Kafka, Kubenetes, Terraform, Databricks, Flink, Ray, or other ML Ops tooling
What the job involves
- Hinge is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead and expand our Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform team
- This team is the backbone of our AI and Machine Learning (ML) operations, providing the essential infrastructure and tools that empower our Data Scientists and ML Engineers to efficiently build, test, and deploy models
- In doing so, you'll make a meaningful difference in Hinge users' lives by driving the technology that brings them together
- As the Director of AI Platform, you'll drive strategic initiatives while also contributing as a hands-on engineer, ensuring practical and scalable solutions
- The AI Platform team is set to grow to a total of five ML Platform Engineers by the end of 2024, and this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Hinge's ML and AI landscape
- Set and drive the vision, goals, strategy, and roadmap to build out our AI Platform infrastructure and accelerate the delivery of models to production
- Ensure engineering outcomes meet or exceed established standards of excellence in code quality, system design, scalability, and reliability
- Manage, hire, and scale a high-functioning team of engineers
- Participate in technical design discussions
- Collaborate closely with ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and Product Managers to understand their needs, translate their needs into customer problems, and work with the team to identify and prioritize opportunities to accelerate the AI/ML development and deployment process
- Partner with other Engineering disciplines to integrate the AI/ML workflow into Hinge’s stack
- Define and develop best practices and processes to support efficient team operations
- Engage in hands-on work and software delivery while building out the team
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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