Staff Backend Engineer, Hinge
Recommendation Systems, Hinge Inc
$169.2-220k
Office located in Washington Street, NY
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Job no longer available
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$169.2-220k
Office located in Washington Street, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Informatics, Computer Engineering, or related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation/position/job title involving supporting and maintaining backend software systems
- 5 years of professional experience performing backend software engineering and developing backend infrastructures
- 5 years of professional experience building backend infrastructures for consumer-facing features (Business to Consumer) built on iOS and Android for a global tech company
- 5 years of professional experience performing software engineering practices and employing best practices for the full software development life cycle (including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, and testing)
- 5 years of professional experience using data storage technologies including relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, or SQLServer) or NoSQL databases (DynamoDB or MongoDB)
- 5 years of professional experience handling large volumes (millions daily) of data within AWS using JVM-based or Go programming languages
- 5 years of professional experience handling cloud based container runtimes including Docker and Kubernetes and handling data and event streaming using Kafka
- 3 years of professional experience working with request-response or event-based cloud architectures
- 3 years of professional experience using distributed caching technologies including Redis or Memcached
- 3 years of professional experience leading and creating project roadmaps of deployments for B2C web applications and mobile apps (iOS and Android) and breaking down step to designate to peers
- 2 years of professional experience with assisting in the hiring process of technical hires (including interviews and test review), reviewing peer code, and mentoring junior engineers
- 1 year of professional experience working with JVM-based BigData technologies (Hadoop, Kafka, or Spark)
- And 1 year of professional experience performing backend software engineering including leading and collaborating with Internal Tooling, Product Engineering, ML Engineering, and Platform Engineering, and developing backend infrastructures to drive systems used to generate User to User recommendations for microservices written in Golang
What the job involves
- Manage end to end backend features alongside cross-disciplinary teams
- Architect the design and build of backend systems
- Leverage experience with past architecture designs and technologies to drive design of new projects with the goal of balancing short and long term goals
- Stay informed about the team’s domain-specific failure modes and operational challenges
- Create system designs that address these challenges
- Act as subject matter expert of team's technology and accelerate the success of others by creating key technical abstractions for the team
- Safeguard technical standards across all of backend by directly supporting design review processes
- Develop fluency within the business domain and help translate business needs into actionable technical work items
- Help plan the technical roadmap for the team
- Proactively remedy team processes and communication issues
- Telecommuting may be permitted
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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