About company:

This is not a typical dating app—we’re unapologetically real, a little cheeky, and all about empowering people to connect on their terms. With over 16 million users worldwide and ranked among the Top 10 most-downloaded dating apps in the U.S. last year, we’re making love (and everything in between) more transparent, more fun, and less awkward.

We're a lean, passionate team building something that actually helps people feel seen and understood—and now we’re looking for a Team Lead Backend Python/Go/RoR) to help us scale, experiment boldly, and bring smoother love stories to life

Key Accountabilities:

Develop and implement the company's technical strategy and vision;
Lead the development and deployment of our software products and services;
Problem-solving: think of and then implement solutions to technical problems presented by the product team;
Collaborate with other departments to identify and prioritize technical requirements and opportunities;
Develop, test and maintain backend products and services;
Run high-impact A/B and multivariate testing experiments at scale, analyzing results, and deploying positive changes to reach business goals;
Design and implement backend server architectures;
Monitor and optimize the performance of existing systems;
Manage and mentor a team of developers and engineers;
Implement security best practices to protect customer data;
Work with the team to improve our development processes;
Stay up to date with the latest trends in backend/cloud development;
Work with the support team to optimize/automate the support flow for our user success.

Requirements:

8+ development experience in a production environment;
Recent experience developing the backend for mobile apps;
Managing and leading a team of developers;
Scalable development and deployment with at least 10,000 DAUs;
Experience with cloud deployment/ops/optimization;
Experience with database + query optimization, such as partitioning/sharding / perf-opt, etc;
Experience with algorithm design;
Experience with RESTful;
Experience with version control (git) and agile development methodologies;
Understanding of DevOps principles and best practices;
Knowledge of security best practices for web and mobile applications;
Experience with RSpec or other automated testing frameworks;
Performance optimization.

You’re Our Kind of Teammate If You:

Communicate clearly and confidently in English;
Have a "let’s get it DONE" mindset;
Are obsessively detail-oriented (you notice everything);
Enjoy sharing ideas and building things together;
Can collaborate with a global, remote team like a pro.