Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Go Microservices

Tinder; New York (NY); On-site; USD 186,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Annual Learning & Development stipend

100% paid parental leave

Fertility support

Monthly Date Stipend

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Job summary

Tinder is seeking a Backend Engineer based in New York City, responsible for designing and maintaining cloud services that support our dating applications. You will work with diverse teams and tackle complex technical challenges, directly impacting user experiences.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of industry experience, expertise in cloud technologies, and strong programming skills, especially in Go and Python. Join us to help create genuine connections by developing systems that serve millions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as a backend/service engineer.
• 4+ years of experience working in a cloud environment.
• Proficient in Go and Python programming.

Responsibilities

• Design and build RESTful APIs for mobile clients.
• Participate in backend on-call rotation.
• Design microservices running on Kubernetes.

Skills

Backend service development

Cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Programming in Go and Python

Distributed systems design

Collaboration and communication

Kubernetes and cloud technologies

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

gRPC/Protobuf

Argo

Kafka

Job description

Tinder is seeking a Backend Engineer based in New York City, responsible for designing and maintaining cloud services that support our dating applications. You will work with diverse teams and tackle complex technical challenges, directly impacting user experiences.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of industry experience, expertise in cloud technologies, and strong programming skills, especially in Go and Python. Join us to help create genuine connections by developing systems that serve millions.