Senior Software Engineer - Trust & Safety

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.
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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



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.

AI in Bumble Hiring

At Bumble Inc., we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us 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 know before or 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.




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 leaveFamily 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 offTake the time you need when you need it.
Company-wide week offOnce 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 FridaysEvery 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.
Check out more of our local benefits here