Full-Time

Senior Platform Engineer

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Match Group

Match Group

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides online dating and social discovery

Consumer Software
Consumer Goods

Compensation Overview

$177.5k - $213kAnnually

Senior

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid position based in New York, requiring in-office presence.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Platform Engineering
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Apache Kafka
AWS
Go
Elasticsearch
Prometheus
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • Prior experience in implementing, configuring and optimizing Kubernetes and Terraform at scale.
  • Experience in building and troubleshooting large-scale distributed production infrastructure in AWS or GCP.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in working on CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience building global multi-region infrastructure, services, databases and storage.
  • Experience in on call rotation and responding to incidents.
  • Proficiency working in Go or similar systems programming language.
  • Has expertise in many or all of the following: Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Argo CD, and Kafka.
Responsibilities
  • Deliver improvements to our infrastructure, observability, security, and internal tooling across varying problem spaces.
  • Design, build, and maintain global, highly available, low-latency infrastructure to service the needs of our customers.
  • Partner internally with teams to improve performance, scalability, reliability and observability of our infrastructure.
  • Empathetically help teams improve their systems' performance, scalability, reliability, and observability.
  • Has a keen focus on performance and reliability of infrastructure and takes ownership of solving problems as they arise.
  • Leave a trail of high-quality technical documentation of initiatives, postmortems, and endeavor to uphold good knowledge-sharing practices.
  • Impart your domain expertise theoretically and practically.
  • Join the Platform Engineering on-call rotation.

Match Group leverages the Swipe feature® and social discovery, facilitating deeper connections through its portfolio of online dating brands, with a global presence and availability in over 40 languages.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$400M

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas

Founded

1986

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Activist investors like Starboard and Elliott Investment Management are pushing for product innovation and margin improvement, which could lead to significant growth and enhanced performance.
  • The acquisition of The League and partnerships like the one with Lyft indicate Match Group's commitment to expanding its services and improving user experience.
  • The appointment of Renate Nyborg as CEO of Tinder brings fresh leadership that could drive new strategic initiatives and innovation.

What critics are saying

  • Ongoing legal issues, including the $2 billion lawsuit by Tinder founder Sean Rad and accusations of violating federal securities laws, could result in financial and reputational damage.
  • Pressure from activist investors may lead to short-term strategic changes that could disrupt long-term stability and employee morale.

What makes Match Group unique

  • Match Group's portfolio includes a diverse range of dating apps, from mainstream options like Tinder to niche, exclusive platforms like The League, setting it apart from competitors with less varied offerings.
  • The company's strategic acquisitions, such as The League and muzmatch, allow it to tap into specific market segments and expand its user base.
  • Match Group's introduction of human matchmakers to its algorithm-driven app demonstrates a unique blend of technology and personal touch, enhancing user experience.

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Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Charitable Matching Program

Retirement Matching Funds

Training and Education Allowance

Performance Bonuses

Mental Health Counseling