Backend Engineer Intern

Quick Facts

• Role: Backend Engineer Intern

• Duration: June 1 through August 31, 2027

• Work mode: Hybrid (in office 3 days/week)

• Locations: Los Angeles or Palo Alto, California

• Compensation: $47/hour (hourly rate may vary based on scope, experience, education, and geographic adjustment)

Description

You will partner with senior engineers to contribute solutions to Tinder’s backend system and help improve architecture design while exploring and leveraging new technologies.

You’ll collaborate across engineering to expand the service platform, build scalable and resilient distributed services on AWS, and develop large-scale distributed systems that handle billions of data events per day.

You will also write unit and integration tests and gain access to Generative AI tools to apply in real engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across Tinder Engineering on expansion of the service platform

• Develop and operate scalable and resilient distributed services on AWS

• Build large-scale distributed systems handling billions of data events per day

• Write unit and integration tests

• Apply Generative AI tools to real-world feature-building and development workflows

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a BS/BA, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field

• Proficiency in coding with at least one language (Java, Scala, Python, TypeScript, Node.js, etc.)

• Foundational knowledge of basic Computer Science principles: data structures and algorithms

• Curiosity and creativity in leveraging Generative AI to reimagine feature building and development workflows

Benefits

• Access to cutting-edge Generative AI tools

• Mentorship and partnership with senior engineering team members

• Hands-on experience building large-scale backend systems