Staff Backend Engineer – Growth

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🕒 May 1

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $223k - $268k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔙 Backend Engineer

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Match Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1995

👥 B2C

B2C • Technology

Match Group is a global technology company that focuses on connecting people and creating meaningful relationships through its innovative platforms and applications. With a presence in over 40 languages, Match Group has facilitated millions of connections worldwide, significantly impacting how relationships are formed in the modern digital age. The company's diverse offerings include applications and technologies that cater to different demographics and societal segments, embracing diversity and inclusion. Match Group emphasizes trust, safety, and privacy, ensuring a secure and positive user experience. Its mission is to foster deeper connections across a broad spectrum of users, and it actively contributes to more inclusive tech connections through its initiatives.

📋 Description

• Design and build RESTful APIs for mobile clients. • Taking part in the backend On-Call rotation (1 whole week, every 8-11 weeks). • Design and build microservices that run on Kubernetes. • Design and build distributed systems in Go, using cloud infrastructure and platform service components. • Own the technical design, implementation, and success of their projects. • Collaborate across teams, promoting a culture of inclusivity, growth, and strong cross-functional communication

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience as a backend/service engineer • 6+ years of experience working in a cloud environment such as GCP, AWS, or Azure • Strong programming skills: Proficiency in Go; Python is a bonus • System Design & Architecture: Expert-level understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, cloud design patterns, and cross-cutting architectural concerns spanning multiple teams and services • Technical Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to define and drive technical direction across teams — not just within a single product area. Able to identify and close gaps that don't fit neatly into any one team's remit • Collaboration and Communication skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to synthesize complex technical tradeoffs for both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders including senior leadership • Cloud Technologies: Expert proficiency with Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, gRPC/Protobuf, Argo, Kafka, and related infrastructure; able to reason about and improve org-wide platform decisions • Mentorship & Engineering Culture: Track record of raising the technical bar for others — through code review, design feedback, documentation, or informal mentorship

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year. • Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day. • 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.) • Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible. • Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones. • ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.