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Match Group is the global dating app leader creating meaningful connections for people around the world.
The Role
Develop and maintain ML platforms, collaborating with teams to implement scalable solutions and mentor others in AI and ML technologies.
Summary Generated by Built In
Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
About the Role
Joining Hinge’s AI Platform Core team offers a unique opportunity to help define and contribute to a growing ML platform with the goal of accelerating the development, deployment, and operations of AI enabled features on Hinge. If you are excited by the idea of working on challenges ranging from maturing and scaling our training and serving frameworks to enable millisecond real-time predictions and models that continually learn at scale, providing automatic model performance monitoring & debug frameworks, and building Platforms for architecting and evaluating generative AI & Agentic systems, then read on!
With a mission to democratize AI for Hinge, ensuring it remains easily accessible, robust, scalable, cost-efficient, and trusted. You'll collaborate across our product and platform teams, as well as with external stakeholders like data science and backend engineering. You will meet our internal customers where they are and optimize towards their needs by delivering value incrementally and coupled to their problems. Being part of a small yet impactful team means having a broad scope of responsibility. As the role of ML at Hinge is only becoming more impactful, this role provides you with a chance to grow in impact and scope across the company. This is an exciting opportunity to own and help define the future of machine learning within a growing and maturing team!
Responsibilities
- Own or contribute to technical designs for the feature platform, training platform, serving platform, AI observability platform and GenAI Platform and underlying operational infrastructure to enable Product impact.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance frameworks for AI/ML model development and deployment while establishing and driving best practices in MLOps / GenAI engineering.
- Design, advocate, and implement for usability, reliability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management while delivering incrementally.
- Collaborate closely with ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers and Product Managers to understand their needs and identify opportunities to accelerate the AI/ML development and deployment process.
- Mentor and educate ML Engineers, Backend Engineers and Product Managers on current and up and coming tools and technologies for ML operations & GenAI product development through presentations and documentation.
- Help design and architect an AI platform that adheres to the principles of responsible AI (Authenticity, Transparency, Equity) and builds privacy compliance into the platform.
- Lead build vs buy discussions on technologies that underpin the Platforms we serve.
- Participate in on-call and Incident Management processes.
What We're Looking For
- 4+ years of experience, depending on education, as an ML, backend, data, or platform engineer developing and working with large scale, complex systems.
- 2+ years of experience working on a cloud environment such as GCP, AWS, Azure, and with dev-ops tooling such as Kubernetes
- 1+ year of experience leading projects with at least 1 other team member through completion.
- 1+ year of experience for Senior designing and developing online and production grade ML systems.
- A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills: Proficiency in languages like Python, Go, or Java.
- System design & architecture: Ability to design scalable and efficient ML systems.
- Cloud platform proficiency: The ability to utilize cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- ML knowledge: A basic understanding of ML algorithms, techniques, and best practices.
- Data engineering knowledge: Skills in handling and managing large datasets including, data cleaning, preprocessing, and storage
- Collaboration and communication skills: The ability to work effectively in a team and communicate complex ideas clearly with individuals from diverse technical and non-technical backgrounds..
- Strong written communication: The ability to communicate complex ideas and technical knowledge through documentation
- Software leadership skills: A track record of leading projects through completion with quantifiable and measurable outcomes.
As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.
At Hinge, our core values are…
Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.
Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
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 let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
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Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience as ML, backend, data, or platform engineer
- 2+ years of experience on cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, Azure
- 1+ year of experience leading projects with team members
- 1+ year of experience designing and developing ML systems
- Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Go, or Java
- Ability to design scalable ML systems
- Knowledge of ML algorithms and techniques
- Skills in handling large datasets, including data cleaning
- Ability to work effectively in a team and communicate clearly
- Strong written communication skills
- Track record of leading projects with measurable outcomes
Match Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Match Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Match Group.
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Retirement Support — Employer matching on retirement savings and access to an employee stock purchase program are highlighted as standout elements. Feedback suggests this creates strong long-term financial support as part of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Fully paid parental leave, fertility and family-forming support, and childcare resources are emphasized across materials. Feedback suggests these benefits meaningfully support different family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, numerous paid holidays, wellness and volunteer time, and other special leave options are consistently described. Feedback suggests the breadth of time-off options helps sustain work-life balance.
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The Company
What We Do
Match Group is home to some of the world’s most popular dating and social discovery apps, including Tinder, Hinge, Match, and more. Match Group’s mission is to spark meaningful connections for every single person worldwide. Our diverse portfolio of apps enables connections across a diverse range of ages, genders, backgrounds, and dating goals. Our services are available in over 40 languages to users all over the world.
Why Work With Us
Match Group is united by a mission to help people find meaningful connections and fight loneliness. We’re not just building products. We’re creating friendships, marriages, and families around the world. Our culture is fueled by purpose, creativity, and a passion for what we can build together.
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