Staff Data Engineer, Hinge
$213-255.5k
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Job no longer available
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$213-255.5k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- Expertise in Python, SQL, DevOps, and databases
- Experience utilizing multiple programming paradigms, specifically functional and object-oriented
- Familiar with data modeling and data governance concepts, and agile methodologies
- 7+ years of data engineering experience
- Proven ability to drive initiatives and articulate their value to Engineering and other stakeholders
- Experience delivering data products from conception to delivery
- Great communication skills (written/verbal)
- Passionate about designing elegant data infrastructure and pipelines
- Familiarity with our stack: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Looker, and AWS technologies (S3, Redshift), CI/CD technologies (CircleCI)
What the job involves
- As a Staff Data Engineer at Hinge, you will design, build, and support critical data pipelines for our user support team. The systems you help create, the problems you help solve, and the support of our analytical minds, will be pivotal to the success of Hinge
- You will be making a real impact on the user support team and will be key to the success of Hinge. Your work will enable the team to make data-driven decisions and drive improvements in user safety and support, which will affect the love lives of tons of people
- The Staff Data Engineer will identify areas where data engineering could be impactful, architect initiatives, and shepherd those initiatives to a successful delivery
- You will be a leader, representing data engineering within the user support team. This role is vital to our team and has the potential to make a lasting impact
- Work with our user support team to ensure data is flowing accurately through data creation to our presentation layers
- Become an advocate for the Data Engineering team by developing and championing Data Engineering practices with the team and with the company at large
- Improve our Data Engineering stack through containerization, data modeling, developing our ETL pipelines, and more
- Work with stakeholders and translate their needs and expectations into action items and deliverables
- Lead data process initiatives; from design to implementation to delivery
- Participate in our on-call rotation
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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