Director of Data Engineering

Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With tens of millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
About the Role
Hinge is seeking an experienced Director of Data Engineering to lead and advance our Data Engineering discipline, primarily supporting our Product organization. Data Engineering plays a critical role in building and maintaining the data pipelines and data products that power Hinge’s analytics, experimentation, and machine learning capabilities. Your work will enable teams across the company to leverage high-quality, trusted data to drive informed decision-making, ultimately helping users find meaningful connections.
As the Director of Data Engineering, you will be a core member of the Data Leadership Team, responsible for contributing to our overall data strategy while setting the strategic direction for the Data Engineering team. You will collaborate with leaders across the organization to understand their data needs and translate these needs into scalable and efficient solutions. You’ll drive innovation in data architecture and foster a culture of operational excellence. 
Hinge is embarking on an AI-driven future, and this role is critical in enabling that journey with data. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of Hinge’s data ecosystem, enabling the company to grow and evolve while maintaining the highest standards of quality, reliability, accessibility, and performance around our data.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role on the Data Leadership Team, shaping Hinge’s overall data strategy while setting and executing the Data Engineering strategy. 
• Ensure strategic alignment with Hinge’s broader business, product, and technology objectives, driving data-driven innovation across the company.
• Enable Hinge’s AI and machine learning initiatives by building and optimizing high-quality, scalable, and reliable data pipelines. 
• Transform the current existing data engineering practices into unified and streamlined standards that enable optimized, high quality, scalable, and reliable data pipelines.
• Lead, scale, and mentor a high-performing team of data engineers and data engineering managers, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Drive technical excellence, upholding high standards for code quality, system design, scalability, and reliability across all data engineering initiatives.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, actively participating in architecture reviews, design discussions, and guiding critical technical decisions.
• Collaborate
•  cross-functionally with BI Engineers, Backend and Client Engineers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and Product Managers to develop and implement scalable, data-driven solutions that power analytics, experimentation, and machine learning.
• Ensure seamless data integration across Hinge’s products, features, and systems, enabling a unified, high-quality data ecosystem.
• Define and implement best practices that enhance team efficiency, optimize workflows, and drive continuous improvement in data engineering operations.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, driving innovation in data engineering to support Hinge’s evolving business needs.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or a related field, with at least 4 years in engineering management leading high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and maintaining scalable, reliable, and high-quality data products and pipelines that support business-critical analytics, experimentation, and AI/ML workloads.
• Experienced at building and managing data pipelines that hydrate online ML features.
• Deep expertise with modern data engineering technologies, including Kafka, Spark, dbt, Airflow, Databricks, and cloud-based data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong familiarity with modern cloud-native architectures and infrastructure, ensuring efficient, secure, and cost-effective data solutions.
• Strategic technical leadership with a proven ability to align data engineering strategies with product and business objectives, driving initiatives that exceed business goals.
• Passion for developing, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams, fostering a culture of growth, inclusivity, and operational excellence.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams.
• Highly motivated, proactive and collaborative team player with the ability to persuade others and influence outcomes.

As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
Professional Growth: Get a $3,000 annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide $10,000 toward fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Vibras, Women/Nonbinary, Parents, and Remote—that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.
At Hinge, our core values are…
Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.
Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
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