Sr. Software Engineer - Trust & Safety

Sr. Software Engineer - Trust & Safety

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, color, 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).

This pivotal role zeroes in on the vital low-level components of our engine, offering you the chance to shape the experiences of millions of users worldwide. With deep integration with AI-powered technologies, we build a comprehensive shield which protects millions of our customers. Situated within the Trust and Safety Group, this role is integral to furnishing the core functionalities to keep our members safe from a variety of threats and bad actors. We emphasize scalability, reliability, performance, and reusability to cater to the demands of end-users and developers alike. Our overarching goal is to develop a balanced system to proactively and reactively ensure member safety.

What you'll do:

• Deliver code and product to an extremely high standard
• Actively participate in the entire process of development, from initial design to deployment and support
• Guide and train engineers and scientists across a number of teams
• Role model a culture of excellence, speed, and innovation
• Join as one of the initial members of a growing team in Austin with significant opportunity for expanded ownership.
• Move fast, and encourage others to move at your speed.
• The team is building out right now, and we need brilliant people, today

About you:

• 4+ years of experience writing software in a professional setting
• Computer Science or related degree
• Strong collaboration skills
• Proven experience driving large and complex projects
• Deep expertise with at least one common programming language
• Strong curiosity and desire to learn and try new technologies

Nice to have:

• Experience with relational databases and nonrelational databases
• Experience in using ML-assisted coding tools (eg Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, etc)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes), and deployments
• Experience in cloud migration, technology transformation, consumer software, Machine Learning, or Recommendations

$185,000 - $222,500 a year

Location: This role is based in Austin, 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. We have a dynamic working environment. That means that we don't believe in a one-size-fits-all solution for how much time is spent between remote and office locations. We trust our people to pick the location conducive to the types of work being completed on any given day.

Global benefits:

• Maven Fertility: We offer a $10,000 lifetime benefit opportunity to all employees and their partners around the world. This benefit can be used to support your reproductive journey - from abortion care and related travel costs to fertility treatment, egg-freezing, adoption, surrogacy, and more.
• Family & compassionate paid leave: Family leave to support you and your loved ones when needed (including victims of domestic abuse or violent crime).
• 26 weeks parental leave: 26 weeks paid leave for the primary caregiver following the birth, adoption, surrogacy or foster care of a child. The secondary caregiver will also receive 26 weeks paid leave after 1 year of employment.
• Unlimited paid time off: Take the time you need when you need it.
• Company-wide week off: Once a year, we have a company-wide week off (it's essential for some teams to continue working and they will be offered alternative time off instead).
• Focus Fridays: Every Friday we try to have a no meeting, no deadline, no email and no Slack rule on a Friday so you can focus without distraction.

About Us:

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Bumble For Friends, and Geneva. 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 For Friends) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Bumble For Friends is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections. Geneva is a group and community app for people to connect based on shared interests.