Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Grindr
$175-250k
+ Equity + Bonus
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
Social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people
Job no longer available
Social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$175-250k
+ Equity + Bonus
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect queer people with one another and the world.
Role
Who you are
- 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 Web or API systems for high load and data consistency
- Experience designing systems that make heavy and efficient use of Cloud Services (any cloud)
- Passionate about testing software and systems
- Deep understanding of concurrency concepts and trade-offs
- You love figuring things out and understand how they work end-to-end
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Experience with the JVM and at least one JVM language.Experience designing and productionizing large-scale distributed systems
Desirable
- Experience developing Production systems using KotlinSQL, Kubernetes, or Kafka
- Experience developing or working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools, such as Github Actions or CircleCI
- Experience of mentoring / skilling up less experienced developers
What the job involves
- You will have the opportunity to solve challenging problems, work with the latest systems, collaborate with a kind and capable team and contribute meaningfully
- Leading projects and other engineers to implement new features and coordinate closely with the product and design teams
- Build for the future by designing maintainable and well-tested systems to serve a global audience of millions of concurrent users (we’re big!)
- 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
- Build for the future by designing and testing simple, elegant, maintainable software
- Optimize key pieces of Grindr's platform using tools like Redis, Postgres, Kafka on AWS services
- Innovate by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow
- Ensure high availability of the Grindr platform through distributed systems and infrastructure engineering
- Help guide and mentor team members through pairing sessions,code reviews, and architecture reviews
- Troubleshoot unexpected issues across various systems because being the most popular is hard… and fun :)
- Take a prominent role in optimizations, cost savings and incident responses
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Grindr stands out as one of the foremost dating platforms, recognized for its role in fostering connections within the LGBT+ community. Initially conceived as a dating app tailored to gay men - an innovative concept at its inception - the company has evolved to embrace a broader spectrum of identities, proudly positioning itself as "the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people".
Offering a complimentary version alongside premium subscription tiers like "Grindr Xtra" and "Grindr Unlimited", Grindr follows the familiar model of many social and dating applications, Despite facing competition from platforms such as Jack'ds and Scruff, Grindr maintains its prominence within the market. However, the platform has encountered significant scrutiny regarding users' privacy, an issue that continues to spark controversy and debate.
In the dynamic landscape of digital connections, Grindr's evolution from a niche dating service to a comprehensive LGBT+ networking hub underscores its enduring relevance. As it navigates the challenges of privacy concerns amidst fierce competition, Grinder remains a pivotal space for individuals to forge meaningful connections and cultivate community within the LGBT+ space.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2016
$93m
LATE VC
Total funding: $93m
Company benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees
- 401k Matching (up to 6%)
- Flexible PTO, sick-time, holidays, and two company wide shut-down weeks + an annual travel and leisure stipend
- Equity for all employees
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for food and wellness as well as fully catered onsite breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Workshops, community projects, and legendary company parties
- Gender Affirmation Fund for transgender and gender non-conforming employees
- Queer-inclusive health benefits including LGBTQ consultative healthcare and expanded HRT shipped directly to employees in eligible states
- Monthly commuter stipend to get you to and from the office on in-person collaboration days
Company values
- Authentically Queer: Diverse, sex-positive, grounded in and advocating for the queer community
- 0 Feet Away: We’re our users, and our users are at the center of everything we do
- Looking for Right Now: Working together, inclined to action, making moves right now for a better future
- Into Exploration: Exploring ourselves, our identities, our communities, and the world
Company HQ
West Hollywood, Los Angeles
Articles
Founders
George Arison
(CEO, not founder)Former Product Manager at Google. They are a founding member of Shift. They took over the role of CEO at Grindr from Jeff Bonforte in October 2022.
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