Senior Backend Engineer

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.

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Geneva is a platform for online communities and social clubs focused on getting together IRL. We provide a rich set of communication and engagement tools that allow users to discover communities and find friends. Find communities online and get together offline with your people.

As a member of the Geneva backend team, you'll help in continuing to build features and maintain existing TypeScript/Golang GraphQL services. You'll be heavily involved through the product development process and the opportunity for creative input into many phases of the development lifecycle. You’ll work on something that will have mass impact, mass adoption, and mass reach.

This is a high-impact role where your contributions will directly help guide all the applications that depend on our backend services (iOS/Android/web). You'll work closely with our product, design, and outreach teams to help the communities on Geneva flourish. You'll partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers. If you love product ideation, owning, collaborating, building, and constantly raising the bar, you'll thrive in this role.

What you'll do

• Develop horizontally scalable backend systems using TypeScript and Go, designed to handle millions of concurrent users
• Design and implement GraphQL APIs to support our client applications
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive testing strategy, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Guide features through the full development lifecycle, from conception through production deployment and maintenance
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and client engineers to refine and develop product requirements, ensure seamless integration, and optimal user experiences

About you

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript or Go
• Experience building and maintaining GraphQL APIs
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL (ie Redis, DynamoDB) databases
• Expertise in implementing thorough testing strategies
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization technologies
• Experience working through the entire product development lifecycle from inception to development and delivery
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• 5+ years of relevant experience in backend development

$162,000 - $205,000 a year

Base Compensation Range: $162,000 - $205,000. For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location. This position is also typically eligible to participate in our short- and long-term incentive programs. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, Unlimited Paid Time Off Policy.

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Fruitz and Official. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through kind connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble BFF) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Fruitz, founded in 2017, encourages open and honest communication of dating intentions through playful fruit metaphors. Official is an app for couples that promotes open and honest communication between partners and was founded in 2020.