Lead/Sr. Engineer II (Android), Safety at Tinder | Powderkeg

Location: Remote, US

Employment Type: Regular

Team: Engineering - Match

Match boasts more dates, more relationships, and more marriages than any other dating business. Simply put, we change lives.

As a Lead/Sr. Engineer II (Android), Safety , you’ll build new features and customer experiences for our flagship dating app, Match , which is under the Match Group Portfolio (https://mtch.com/).

This position would be supporting our Safety pod. It is focused on our safety initiatives for the year such as identification verification, background checks, and improved report a concern processes.

As the premium relationship app our mission is simple: to help singles find the kind of relationship they're looking for.

Millions of singles use our product every month to go on dates and make new connections. We believe that no business brings more happiness to more people than

ours.

We’re based in Dallas, TX. However, we are open to considering a remote office for a highly qualified candidate who can travel periodically to Dallas (when safe to do so)

How you’ll make an impact:

  • You’ll work together with the product and design teams to deliver the best possible product for single adults looking for love
  • You'll develop new features in Kotlin and work with the latest technology
  • You’ll take an active role in technical discussions and help us update our architecture and design patterns
  • Be a mentor for the other engineers on the team

We could be a match if you bring:

  • 6+ years of professional Android development experience
  • Strong knowledge of Kotlin and Android SDK
  • Understanding of software design patterns, SOLID, and Clean Architecture
  • Jetpack Compose knowledge or a strong desire to learn
  • Ability to break down complex ideas into clear requirements and estimate the scope of work
  • Excellent communication skills in both technical and non-technical discussions
  • Understanding of dependency injection and writing testable code
  • Understanding of Android Architecture Components
  • Strong UI skills (ConstraintLayout, custom views and animations)
  • Understanding of Coroutines and Flow

Bonus points:

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • Experience with Dagger and/or Hilt
  • Experience with Room and Jetpack Navigation
  • Experience building multiple apps with Product Flavors
  • Experience updating an existing codebase to follow modern best practices

What’s the team like?

  • We're a small team that strives to deliver great user experiences
  • We have technical debates openly and make big decisions as a team
  • We're laidback but we work fast, meet tight deadlines, and still manage to write code the right way

#LI-REMOTE

Why Match Group?

Our mission is simple – to help people find love and happiness! We love our employees too – here are some examples how:

Annual training budget for each employee

100% employer match on 401k contributions

Specific COVID-19 allowance for home office set-up

Matched giving to qualified organizations

100% paid Parental Leave for up to 20 weeks

Happy Hours and Company events

At Match Group, we represent a collection of unique brands - but we all focus together on the health and safety of all of our employees. That's why we require that employees are fully-vaccinated when in person at any US office or company-sponsored fun. If you need to talk through this in-person vaccine requirement, our People team can work with you through our accommodations review process.

_We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value the rich dynamics that diversity brings to our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), gender identity or expression, uniformed service or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Period. _

Job Summary
  • Job Title
    Lead/Sr. Engineer II (Android), Safety
  • Company
    Tinder
  • Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Employment Type
    Full time
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