Senior Backend Engineer — Go Microservices on Cloud

Matchgroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Professional Growth Stipend

Paid Parental Leave

Fertility Support

Monthly Date Stipend

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Matchgroup is seeking a Backend Engineer for Hinge, the dating app designed to create meaningful connections. The ideal candidate will design and maintain cloud services, solve complex challenges, and contribute to a diverse team, focusing on high-quality code and strong collaboration.

You’ll need 5+ years of backend experience and strong programming skills in Go and Python. The role offers benefits like 401(k) matching, professional growth stipends, and generous parental leave.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as a backend/service engineer.
• 4+ years of experience working in a cloud environment.
• Proficiency with Go and Python is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build RESTful APIs for mobile clients.
• Take part in the backend On-Call rotation.
• Design and build microservices that run on Kubernetes.
• Own the technical design, implementation, and success of projects.

Skills

Backend engineering

RESTful APIs

Cloud Environment

Distributed Computing

Go programming

Python programming

Kubernetes

Collaboration

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

OpenTelemetry

gRPC/Protobuf

Kafka

Job description

Matchgroup is seeking a Backend Engineer for Hinge, the dating app designed to create meaningful connections. The ideal candidate will design and maintain cloud services, solve complex challenges, and contribute to a diverse team, focusing on high-quality code and strong collaboration.

You’ll need 5+ years of backend experience and strong programming skills in Go and Python. The role offers benefits like 401(k) matching, professional growth stipends, and generous parental leave.