Lead Software Engineer

Job title: Lead Software Engineer

About the Role

Tinder is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead all aspects of software development and product engineering for large-scale, consumer-facing web applications. You will design, implement, and maintain responsive, accessible web experiences using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and React.js, with a focus on scale, performance, and safety. You will mentor engineers and partner with cross-functional teams to shape the product roadmap.

What You'll Do

• Lead all aspects of software development and product engineering, overseeing deployment and maintenance to ensure high availability.

• Design, implement, and maintain responsive and accessible web apps using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React.js.

• Write clean, maintainable code with documentation and follow coding standards; develop and execute test cases to ensure reliability and accessibility standards.

• Collaborate with product management, UX/UI, QA, analytics, and business stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with goals.

• Investigate and resolve user/QA issues promptly; conduct regular code reviews to enforce quality.

• Evaluate and integrate emerging web technologies to optimize performance and scalability.

• Mentor junior engineers; provide technical mentorship and architectural leadership across multiple teams.

• Manage ongoing maintenance; handle technical debt through refactoring and process improvements.

• What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer or equivalent; or Master’s degree plus 3 years of experience.

• 3 years of professional experience designing, developing, and implementing highly interactive, accessible, and performant web applications serving high-volume, global audiences using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and React.js.

• 3 years of professional experience collaborating cross-functionally with product management, UX/UI design, quality assurance, analytics, and business stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with broader organizational goals.

• 3 years of professional experience modeling and advocating best practices in security, privacy, and accessibility standards throughout the full software development lifecycle within large-scale consumer technology environments.

• 3 years of professional experience proactively managing technical debt through strategic refactoring, process improvements, and system optimizations aimed at enhancing stability, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

• 2 years of professional experience providing technical mentorship and architectural leadership to multiple engineering teams, including mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and establishing and enforcing best practices.

• Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $189,592 - $230,000 per year (USD). Partial telecommuting permitted; on-site in New York, NY office when not remote.