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Our Mission
Launched in 2012, Tinder® revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years. This rapid growth demonstrates its ability to fulfill a fundamental human need: real connection. Today, the app has been downloaded over 630 million times, leading to over 97 billion matches, serving approximately 50 million users per month in 190 countries and 45+ languages - a scale unmatched by any other app in the category. In 2024, Tinder won four Effie Awards for its first-ever global brand campaign, “It Starts with a Swipe”™"
Our Values
One Team, One Dream
We work hand-in-hand, building Tinder for our members. We succeed together when we work collaboratively across functions, teams, and time zones, and think outside the box to achieve our company vision and mission.
Own It
We take accountability and strive to make a positive impact in all aspects of our business, through ownership, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.
Never Stop Learning
We cultivate a culture where it’s safe to take risks. We seek out input, share honest feedback, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes in order to continue improving.
Spark Solutions
We’re problem solvers, focusing on how to best move forward when faced with obstacles. We don’t dwell on the past or on the issues at hand, but instead look at how to stay agile and overcome hurdles to achieve our goals.
Embrace Our Differences
We are intentional about building a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members. By leveraging different perspectives and other ways of thinking, we build better experiences for our members and our team.
The Team The Engineering team is responsible for building innovative features and resilient systems that bring people together. We're always experimenting with new features to engage with our members. Although we are a high-scale tech company, the member-to-engineer ratio is very high—making the level of impact each engineer gets to have at Tinder enormous.
As an Android engineer at Tinder, you will have an outsized impact and ownership of the most visible aspects of the Tinder App. We are deeply invested in challenging norms, constantly improving architecture design, exploring emergent tech and ideas, and leveraging new technologies in interesting ways to deliver an app that is widely known across the world.
Where you’ll work: This is a hybrid role and requires in-office collaboration three times per week. Our offices are located in Los Angeles, Palo Alto or San Francisco.
In this role, you will:
Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of consumer-facing features in the Tinder App using the latest technologies
Build new compelling in-app experiences that will reach millions of users globally
Coordinate with the product and design team(s) to influence the roadmap and product development of the Tinder App and services
Create and maintain internal shared frameworks and libraries
Shape the future of optimized analytics at Tinder from the ground up with innovative data tools for the analytics and data scientist team(s)
Evolve Tinder’s architecture to support multiple authentication flows and account management
Mentor, collaborate, and learn with innovative and passionate team members
You’ll need:
1+ year of professional experience building native Android applications
Significant experience building applications in Kotlin
Strong software architecture experience
Well versed in design patterns ( MVP, Clean/MVVM)
Experience writing your own Repositories and Factories
Understanding of the value of Dependency Injection and implementing Dagger
Experience writing your own test scripts
Proficiency using coroutines
Clear and solutions oriented communication style with a passion for code quality
Nice to have:
Experience designing and architecting full-stack applications, including API design and UI wireframing
Someone who understands material design guidelines (e.g. you know how to be a good Android citizen while maintaining a strong unique brand identity)
Clear communication style within a collaborative team environment
The ability to combine good judgment, empathy, and technical skills
BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering
As a full-time employee, you’ll enjoy:
Unlimited PTO (with no waiting period), 10 annual Wellness Days
Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matching
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
100% paid parental leave (including for non-birthing parents), family forming benefits, and Milk Stork, which provides access to breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and employee relocation
Investment in your development: mentorship through our MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual stipend for your professional development
Investment in your wellness: access to mental health support via Modern He
About the Company
You've heard of us.
Launched in 2012, Tinder(r) revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years. This rapid growth demonstrates its ability to fulfill a fundamental human need: real connection. Today, the app has been downloaded over 630 million times, leading to over 100 billion matches, serving over 47 million users per month in 190 countries and 45+ languages - a scale unmatched by any other app in the category.
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