Engineering Manager, Recommendations — Scale Personalization

Hinge; New York (NY); On-site; USD 219,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Learning & Development stipend

Paid parental leave

Date stipend

Fertility support

Job summary

Hinge, a leading dating app based in New York City, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Manager for its Recommendations team. This role involves leading a team to build and optimize a core part of the application that enhances user interactions. Candidates should have over 8 years of software engineering experience and at least 4 years in a management role, with expertise in backend systems and recommendation technology. The position also offers competitive benefits including 401(k) matching and professional growth stipends.

Qualifications

• Experience in building or operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 6-8 engineers in building recommendation services.
• Drive architecture decisions for recommendation and search infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to deliver product features.

Skills

backend systems expertise

team leadership

recommendation systems

communication of technical trade-offs

Education

8+ years of software engineering experience

4+ years in engineering management

Tools

Go

Kafka

Spark

ElasticSearch

Job description

Hinge, a leading dating app based in New York City, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Manager for its Recommendations team. This role involves leading a team to build and optimize a core part of the application that enhances user interactions. Candidates should have over 8 years of software engineering experience and at least 4 years in a management role, with expertise in backend systems and recommendation technology. The position also offers competitive benefits including 401(k) matching and professional growth stipends.