The Role
As a Data Scientist II at Tinder, you will drive data-informed decision-making by validating hypotheses and analyzing user behavior to optimize product initiatives. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, create performance metrics, and communicate insights effectively, contributing to the growth strategy and overall product experience.
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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 Growth Data Science team is looking for curious individuals excited to drive data-informed
decision-making at Tinder. We are a strategic partner to the Product team, and will be using our
comprehensive datasets to develop experiments, understand metrics, develop automated
reports, and generate exploratory insights to guide our business solutions. These insights are
key in both the performance of our business and the experience of our members.
This role has the opportunity to work on either the User Growth or Growth Platform teams within
the Data Science Team. The User Growth team focuses on validating greenspace hypotheses
and optimizing the core experience through growth levers and personalization, while the Growth
Platform team focuses on optimizing and scaling messaging strategy through strategic channels and personalization. We will work closely with you to define what team would be the best match.
Where you’ll work:
This position can be located in Los Angeles (preferred), San Francisco, Palo Alto, CA, or Dallas, TX
In this role, you will:
- Drive rigorous testing to validate hypotheses and guide business decisions.
- Find the “story” in the data and readily share insights with product, engineering, and design
- as well as at a company level.
- Be an authority with a point of view for the organization, using data to constantly challenge
- and reshape our current understanding of customer behavior and business performance.
- Derive and communicate data-driven recommendations regarding both the prioritization of
- potential product/marketing initiatives and the performance of current initiatives.
- Define and operationalize the detailed tracking of company-wide, team-specific, and product-
- specific performance metrics via rollout tables, dashboards, and automated reporting.
You’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, Master’s degree, or PhD with a social science background preferred.
- 2-4 years of professional working experience in Data Science and/or analytics.
- Familiarity with two sided consumer ecosystem, specifically in the context of consumer technology
- Experience with SQL, data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau or Mode)
- Hands on experience in designing and implementing experiments (e.g. randomized testing, A/B testing) to drive key product decisions is required
- Familiarity with Python/R, using descriptive and inferential statistics and machine learning models.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with design, product, and engineering
- teams to advance key business initiatives from conceptualization to final product delivery.
- Ability to develop a nuanced business understanding, testable hypotheses, and significant findings from data.
- Ability to present data, actionable insights, technical concepts and approaches to technical and non-technical audiences.
Differentiators:
- Curiosity of how things work, from both a business and technical perspective, which could result in identifying and exploring new product opportunities, potential improvements to our data infrastructure, and diving deeply into understanding member behavior.
- Proactive collaborator skilled in engaging with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Machine Learning) to influence decision-making, confidently voicing concerns and alternative perspectives
- Ability to prioritize time across multiple projects and communicate timelines
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 Health, and Insight Timer; paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy
- Free premium subscriptions for several Match Group apps – including Tinder Platinum!
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Commitment to Inclusion
At Tinder, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it. We strive to build a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members around the world, and we value unique perspectives and backgrounds. Even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications, we invite you to apply and show us how your skills could transfer. Tinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we welcome people of all sexes, gender identities, races, ethnicities, disabilities, and other lived experiences. Learn more here: https://www.lifeattinder.com/dei
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition Partner directly.
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Top Skills
Mode
Python
R
SQL
Tableau
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The Company
What We Do
In today’s digital world, singles are so focused on sending likes and looking through profiles that they’re not actually building meaningful connections and going on dates. Hinge is on a mission to change that by designing the most effective app experience. We want to create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections. Relationships are at the core of everything we do. And not just the romantic kind. We can't accomplish really hard things alone - so we make great relationships the foundation of our teamwork.
We believe these three core values are what it takes to build those great relationships: Authenticity, we share - never hide - our words, actions, and intentions. Courage, breakthroughs require a willingness to take risks and embrace lofty goals and tough challenges. Empathy, we're all humans first. So we deeply consider the perspectives of others, listen openly, and speak with care.
Why Work With Us
We're mission-driven. While most apps think about boosting sessions and time on app, we think strategically about meaningful end results (dates and relationships).
We're culture-first. We believe in great people over process. Decisions are pushed to the front lines, with feedback and coaching provided by our leaders.
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Hinge Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Hinge believes in the power of in-person connection. We have adopted a hybrid model that allows our people to stay connected to each other in-person.
Typical time on-site:
3 days a week
New York, NY
Our office is located in the beautiful Meatpacking district. We're steps away from the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Line and near Chelsea Market. You'll not only fall in love with us, but with our office.
