Staff Backend Engineer

September 10

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Description

• Leading projects and other engineers to implement new features and coordinate closely with the product and design teams. • Own the design and development of Grindr’s backend services in a stable and scalable microservices architecture. • Work with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to refine feature design and functionality. • Optimize key pieces of Grindr's platform using tools like Redis, Postgres, and Kafka on AWS services. • Innovate by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow. • Maintain high availability of the Grindr platform by leveraging distributed systems and infrastructure engineering, while playing a key role in optimizations, cost reduction, and incident management. • Help guide and mentor team members through pairing sessions, code reviews, and architecture reviews.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer developing critical portions of working on Backend Systems (Service APIs, Data Processing, Messaging Services) • Experience designing and implementing large-scale API systems for high load and data consistency in a microservice-based architecture • Experience designing systems that make heavy and efficient use of Cloud Service, AWS preferred. • Passionate about testing software and systems • Deep understanding of concurrency concepts and trade-offs • You love figuring things out and understanding how they work end-to-end • Experience with the JVM and at least one JVM language such as Java, Kotlin, and Scala. Experience designing and productionizing large-scale distributed systems

Benefits

• Mission and Impact: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. • Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents. • Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S. • Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs. • Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more. • Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.