Match Group

Director of AI, Dating Outcomes

New York, New York · Director

Sponsorship not specified$252k-$323kDetected 39 days ago

Machine LearningData ScienceLLMsMLOpsEpicLeadershipCommunication

About the role

Most consumer apps treat your attention as the product, optimizing every recommendation and notification to keep you scrolling.
Hinge made the opposite bet: our mission is to get people off the app, out on a date, and eventually to delete us entirely.
The goal is not engagement, it is outcomes: fewer ratings per exchange, higher quality matches, and more people finding the person they were looking for.

Cross-Functional and Industry Leadership: Partner closely with other product groups to integrate AI capabilities across the product and shape roadmap decisions you do not own.
Own budget and investment strategy for the area, and represent Hinge externally through writing, talks, and community.
Technical Leadership: Steer real-time, personalized recommendation systems that reduce ratings per exchange and drive better matches.
Develop emerging leaders, invest in succession across IC and leadership tracks, and build a culture where rigor, inclusion, and performance reinforce one another.
Execution Excellence: Drive predictable delivery, balancing urgent risk response with long-term platform investments. Establish scalable operating rhythms for planning, technical reviews, and incident learnings.
Demonstrated success scaling ML or AI teams and developing technical leaders who carry the work over years, not a single launch.
Experience building AI systems in a two-sided or constrained marketplace, where optimizing for one group shifts outcomes for another and the right answer is rarely obvious.
Own the AI strategy for dating recommendations across the full journey, from first candidate to last date.
You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.

A track record of leading real-time, personalized recommendation systems in production, including the relevance, fairness, and scale tradeoffs that carry real consequences.

We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.

Build the frameworks to reason rigorously through ecosystem tradeoffs where a win for one cohort reshapes another, and set a vision ambitious enough that the org wants to chase it.
Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you've been with us for three months.
You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
When you become a new parent, you're eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation.
All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates- Romantic or otherwise.
Strategy and Vision: Own the AI strategy for dating recommendations across the full journey, from first candidate to last date.
A degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field.

We deeply consider the perspective of others.
Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer.
We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
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