Backend Engineer Intern – GenAI, AWS, Hybrid

Tinder; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Tinder is seeking a Backend Engineer Intern to join our hybrid program in California. You’ll partner with senior engineers to design and improve Tinder’s backend, building scalable services on AWS and tackling data-heavy challenges that touch billions of events daily.

You’ll gain access to Generative AI tools and contribute to real-world engineering solutions while learning from a world-class team committed to safety and innovation.

Qualifications

• Aspiring backend developer excited by large-scale challenges.
• Proficiency in at least one language (Java, Python, Scala, TypeScript, Node.js).
• Foundational CS knowledge: data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across Tinder Engineering to expand the service platform.
• Develop and operate scalable distributed services on AWS.
• Build large-scale distributed systems handling billions of events daily.
• Write unit and integration tests.
• Explore Generative AI tools and apply them to real projects.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

AWS

Generative AI

Unit testing

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

MS/PhD in Computer Science (nice to have)

Tools

Kafka

gRPC

Protobuf

Elasticsearch

Redis

DynamoDB

S3

RDS

ElastiCache

Job description

Tinder is seeking a Backend Engineer Intern to join our hybrid program in California. You’ll partner with senior engineers to design and improve Tinder’s backend, building scalable services on AWS and tackling data-heavy challenges that touch billions of events daily.

You’ll gain access to Generative AI tools and contribute to real-world engineering solutions while learning from a world-class team committed to safety and innovation.