Engineering Manager, Scalable Recommender Backend

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Professional Growth Stipend

Paid Parental Leave

Fertility Support

Date Stipend

Job summary

Tinder is looking for an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a team of engineers focused on building recommendation services. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in management, alongside expertise in backend systems and recommendation infrastructures. The position offers a competitive salary range of $219,000 to $263,000 per year, plus comprehensive benefits including 401(k) matching and paid parental leave.

Qualifications

• Lead a team of engineers building recommendation services.
• Strong backend systems expertise required.
• Experience with recommendation or search ranking systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture decisions for recommendation infrastructure.
• Manage hiring and team culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend systems expertise

Recommendation systems

Technical communication

Education

8+ years software engineering experience

4+ years engineering management experience

Tools

Go

Kafka

Spark

ElasticSearch

Job description

Tinder is looking for an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a team of engineers focused on building recommendation services. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in management, alongside expertise in backend systems and recommendation infrastructures. The position offers a competitive salary range of $219,000 to $263,000 per year, plus comprehensive benefits including 401(k) matching and paid parental leave.