Senior Backend Software Engineer

• Own the design and development of key backend services within Grindr's microservices architecture
• Work with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to refine feature design and functionality
• Optimize the services you own using tools like Redis, Postgres, and Kafka on AWS
• Make data-driven recommendations on technology and architecture choices for the systems you support
• Own reliability and availability for your services, playing a key role in optimizations, cost reduction, and incident response

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
• Gender Afformation 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
• Community projects and charitable giving stipend to support LGBTQ+ non-profit organizations alongside Grindr for Equality

Experience designing systems that make heavy and efficient use of cloud services, AWS preferred6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working on backend systems (service APIs, data processing, messaging services)Experience designing and implementing API systems for high load and data consistency in a microservice-based architectureYou love figuring things out and understanding how systems work end to endApplies advanced prompting techniques for complex tasks, critically audits AI outputs for accuracy, and shares AI workflows with the teamDeep understanding of concurrency concepts and trade-offsPassionate about testing software and systemsExperience with the JVM and at least one JVM language such as Java, Kotlin, or ScalaEnjoy mentoring and skilling up less experienced developersHave experience developing production systems using Kotlin and KafkaHave experience designing and productionizing large-scale distributed systems