Bumble Inc.
Lead Backend Engineer (BFF)
TLDR
Shape scalable backend systems in TypeScript/Go powering millions of users, guiding end-to-end features and architecture with product-driven impact.
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
Design, build, and maintain horizontally scalable backend systems using TypeScript and Go to support millions of concurrent users.
Develop GraphQL and REST APIs powering our iOS, Android, and web clients.
Lead features through the full lifecycle - from ideation and design to implementation, deployment, and maintenance.
Define and uphold a robust testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
Collaborate with product, design, and client engineers to translate product requirements into scalable and performant backend solutions.
Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and process improvements that raise the quality bar for the entire team.
Minimum requirements
7+ years of experience in backend development, with strong proficiency in Go.
Solid understanding of both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. Redis, DynamoDB).
Deep knowledge of testing best practices and frameworks.
Experience owning features end-to-end, from conception, through development, to production.
Strong grasp of system design principles and a practical approach to scaling products that serve millions of users.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Enjoys working collaboratively in cross-functional teams and thrives in fast-paced, product-driven environments.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or similar) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
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 process
Drive architecture decisions, have a wide impact on how BFF is built
Be 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 Austin or 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
About Us
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. 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) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
AI Fluency
AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.
We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don’t use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.
Final Compensation
Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.
Benefits & Perks
Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Premium App Access
Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Premium App Access
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.
In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).
AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring
At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you’d like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
fertility and reproductive health benefits
Maven Fertility: $10,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, abortion care, and more.
Paid Parental Leave
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Paid Time Off
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Wellness Stipend
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Bumble Inc. develops a suite of platforms, including Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo, focused on helping individuals form healthy and equitable relationships. Catering to those looking for romance, friendship, or community, Bumble's unique approach centers around empowering users—especially women—to take the lead in their connections.
Backend Engineer