Inclusion at Bumble Inc.
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BFF is a platform for finding friends and communities online, and getting together IRL. BFF provides a rich set of communication and engagement tools that allows users to discover communities and find friends. Find your people online, get together offline.
As a member of the BFF backend team, you'll help in continuing to build features and maintain existing TypeScript/Golang GraphQL services. You'll be heavily involved in the product development process and given the opportunity to give 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 of 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. The role will require you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers. If you love product ideation, owning, collaborating, building, and constantly raising the bar, you will thrive in this role.
What you’ll do
Develop horizontally scalable backend systems using TypeScript and Go, designed to handle millions of concurrent usersDesign and implement GraphQL APIs to support our client applicationsEstablish and maintain a comprehensive testing strategy, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testsGuide 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
Minimum requirements
7+ years of relevant experience in backend developmentExperience acting in a lead role wherein you contribute to architecture, design, and mentorshipStrong proficiency in TypeScript or GoExperience building and maintaining GraphQL APIsExperience with SQL and noSQL (ie Redis, DynamoDB) databasesExpertise in implementing thorough testing strategiesFamiliarity with cloud platforms and containerization technologiesExperience working through the entire product development lifecycle from inception to development and deliveryExcellent problem-solving and analytical skillsStrong communication abilities and experience working in cross-functional teams
Why Join Us
Help BFF find product market fit.Opportunity to shape the roadmap, engineers work closely with product and design throughout the entire product development processDrive architecture decisions, have a wide impact on how BFF is builtBe part of a culture that values respect, excellence, curiosity, courage and joy. Enjoy competitive compensation, equity, and world-class benefits.
Location
This role is based in New York, and we ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams. Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time
