Senior Data Engineer, Hinge
Product Platform
$177.5-213k
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Open for applications
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$177.5-213k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help singles build meaningful relationships by connecting in person, helping people to get off dating apps.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional/industry experience in data engineering, delivering data products from conception to delivery and supporting their underlying infrastructure
- Strong technical background in building and optimizing data pipelines, with proficiency in Python, SQL, and data modeling for different types of data sources and business processes
- Technical expertise in the following: Python, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Kafka, PubSub, Dataflow, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, dbt, Looker
- Experience with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal), with an ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including backend engineering, data science, and product teams
- Effective analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, ensuring data systems operate efficiently and meet business needs
- Mentorship experience, with a focus on guiding junior data engineers and contributing to team growth through knowledge-sharing and code reviews
- A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Engineer on the Product Platform team, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines and products that support foundational product services that are crucial to the operation of Hinge
- Your work will have a direct impact on the reliability and scalability of these services, which are essential for delivering a seamless user experience
- You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to create innovative solutions for handling large-scale data challenges, ensuring data consistency, low latency, and fault tolerance
- You will be making a real impact on the product platform team and will be key to the success of Hinge
- By enabling data-driven decisions and driving improvements to our product services, your contributions will ultimately affect the relationships of millions of people
- Design, build, and optimize data pipelines that support critical foundational, cross-cutting product services, empowering the product team to make informed decisions
- Drive advancements in our Data Engineering stack by implementing containerization, refining data modeling techniques, and evolving ETL pipeline development to support emerging business needs and scalability requirements
- Leverage your data modeling expertise to design, build, and maintain our analytics data warehouse that delivers reliable, high-quality datasets for reporting, analytics, and machine learning purposes, supporting both short-term insights and long-term strategic initiatives
- Advocate for Data Engineering best practices within the team, championing their adoption and supporting the continuous improvement of the team's capabilities
- Work with stakeholders across the organization to understand their data needs and translate these needs into actionable data solutions
- Continue to learn more about the Data Engineering discipline, utilize that knowledge in your deliverables, and identify opportunities to enhance our pipelines
- Participate in our on-call rotation to ensure system reliability, promptly addressing issues to ensure smooth operations
Our take
Hinge is a dating app that sets itself apart from its competitors by focusing on relationships over hookups. It predominantly caters to people looking for long-term commitments. It has abandoned the “swipe” approach that’s often associated with game-like dating apps, such as Tinder, and instead it focuses on in-depth profiles and compatibility recommendations to help users better connect with each other.
In 2019, 50% of single people in the US had never used a dating app. Now, online dating has become part of the new normal, and Hinge’s focus on long-term, meaningful relationships is well-positioned to tap into the current desire for companionship and stability, as well as the growing market trend toward online dating.
The "dating app designed to be deleted" is the fastest-growing dating app on the market and is seeing further success following new capability expansions and acquisition by dating app portfolio Match Group in 2019. All this being said, there is growing concern over fake accounts and fraudulent activity on Hinge, as there is with other competing dating apps. Pricing tiers and more robust regulations for profiles are currently combatting this.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2014
$12m
SERIES A
Jul 2014
$4.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $20.6m
Company benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- 401k plan
- Accrual time off model
- Stocked kitchen
- Monthly date stipend
- Pet friendly
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Authenticity - Share your genuine thoughts and opinions directly
- Courage - Invite and deeply consider challenges and criticism
- Empathy - Be empathetic, communitarian and trustworthy
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
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Leadership
Justin McLeod
(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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