Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc.

Staff Software Engineer, Core Matching & Machine Learning

US TX Austin · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$255k-$285kDetected 20 hours ago
JavaGoKotlinDistributed SystemsGCPCloud PlatformsMachine LearningData ScienceLLMsA/B TestingRecruitingLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Join our team at Bumble, where we're revolutionizing online dating through innovative AI-driven experiences.
  • We're seeking machine learning engineers to spearhead the development of the next generation of online dating.
  • In this role, you will be a foundational member of a small, dynamic team dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions that redefine how people connect and form relationships online.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of large-scale distributed systems that power recommendations across multiple teams and domains.
  • Identify and solve the highest-leverage technical problems across the recommendations stack, clarify ambiguous architectural decisions, and create solutions that help multiple teams move faster.
  • Drive platform evolution for the long term.
  • Lead foundational initiatives such as service decomposition, recommendation infrastructure, experimentation capabilities, developer tooling, and AI-assisted engineering that enable the organization to move faster over time.
  • Writing and reviewing high-quality code where it creates the greatest leverage.
  • Contributing to critical designs, prototypes, and production code.
  • Own the technical direction for Bumble's recommendations platform, evolving the systems that service recommendations for millions of members.
  • Typically requires 8+ years of building large-scale backend or distributed systems, with experience delivering complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams.
  • Deep expertise in designing and operating high-scale distributed systems, with strong experience in modern languages such as Go, Kotlin, Java, or similar, and a track record of building reliable production platforms.
  • Experience building cloud-native systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or comparable public cloud infrastructure, with deep knowledge of scalability, resilience, observability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • A track record of mentoring senior engineers, raising engineering standards, and creating leverage by improving systems, tooling, architecture, and the effectiveness of the wider engineering organization.

Compensation

  • Final Compensation

Benefits

  • Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility.
  • Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
  • Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
  • Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
  • Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave

Company info

  • Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
  • AI Fluency
  • AI is important to us. We're excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.
  • We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don't use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.
  • Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.
  • Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo.
  • The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections.
  • Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF).
  • BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests.
  • Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
  • AI is important to us.
  • We're excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.
  • We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application.
  • Please don't use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews.
  • We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.
  • Final Compensation
  • Benefits & Perks

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