Senior Backend Engineer
Hinge — AI · Android · App Development
About the role
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
Backend engineers design, build, operate, and maintain the various cloud services that power Hinge. You’ll solve complex technical challenges and own a significant portion of the software stack that allows millions of users to find meaningful connections. You’ll write high-quality code, design reliable systems, and operate the software that you build by taking part in on-call.
As a backend engineer, you’ll also be part of a diverse cross-functional team that includes partners in Product, Data Science, ML, iOS, Android, and Data Engineering. You’ll have a hand in defining and implementing your team's technical strategy.
What the index says about this role
- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 5 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
- No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 58 indexed Backend Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $188k and $246k, median $215k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Hinge.
- What Backend Engineer roles ask for — across 378 indexed openings: Backend (100%), REST/APIs (69%), Cloud (57%), Go (47%), SQL (42%). This posting names Backend.
- Hinge is hiring actively — 34 open roles indexed.
Derived from the 27,000 roles JobLarper indexes daily from official company boards — not from the job description above.
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