Tinder
Engineering Manager
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 147 days ago
PythonGoReactNode.jsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentCloud PlatformsKubernetesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments and loves balancing people leadership with technical mentorship and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
- Partner closely with product and design to plan roadmaps, define requirements, and ship high-impact features.
- Support engineers through clear expectations, coaching, and regular feedback.
- Drive engineering processes (planning, standups, retros, technical reviews) that help teams operate smoothly.
- In this role, you'll guide the team through roadmap execution, drive engineering excellence, and ensure that everyone is equipped to do the best work of their careers.
Requirements
- 5-8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a people management role.
- Experience leading teams in high-growth or startup environments.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-moving environments.
- Experience with full-stack or distributed systems architecture.
- Experience scaling teams or guiding engineering orgs through growth stages.
- Familiarity with modern frontend, backend, or infrastructure stacks (React, Node.js/Go/Python, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, etc.).
Compensation
- Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.
Benefits
- Ensure code quality, system reliability, and long-term technical health.
Equal opportunity
- We are committed to equal employment opportunity in both principle and as a matter of policy.
- We will recruit, hire, train, promote, compensate and provide benefits to all applicants and employees without regard to ancestry, sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, religion, religious creed, mental and/or physical disability, medical condition, military and/or veteran's status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.
- This policy applies to all recruiting, hiring, promotions, upgrades, layoffs, compensation, benefits, terminations and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment.
- The firm complies fully with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws.
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