Senior Backend Platform Engineer Location: Gurgaon, India (Hybrid) Type: Full-time | Stage: Stealth | Domain: Social Matchmaking | Backed by marquee investors We're hiring foundational backend engineers to help us scale our core product infrastructure—from authentication to matchmaking delivery, onboarding flows to payments, and beyond. What You’ll Work On: You will be part of the team responsible for the critical backend systems that power the app. This includes: Authentication & Identity: Build secure, scalable sign-up/login and session management flows with support for federated login and OTP. Matchmaking Serving Infra: Design high-concurrency APIS to fetch, cache, and rank potential matches with low latency and personalisation hooks. User Onboarding Platform: Create flexible onboarding pipelines that allow the product team to test flows without backend rewrites. Notification & Messaging Orchestration: Develop systems that support push, email, and in-app triggers to drive engagement. Payment & Subscription Integrations: Implement app store billing logic, receipt validation, and entitlements using Stripe, Apple, and Google APIs. Experimentation Hooks: Build in infra for A/B testing, progressive rollouts, and config-based rollbacks. Who You Are: Have 6–10 years of experience in backend development, preferably in high-scale consumer products (social/gaming/streaming/transactions) Strong in system design with a clear understanding of API design, caching, database modelling, and concurrency. Have AI-first thinking — have built features where ML is part of the user loop (e.g., embeddings search, personalised feeds, moderation, or LLM-integrated flows) Have hands-on experience with modern backend systems, microservices, queues, caching, observability, and horizontal scaling Built/maintained systems with hundreds of thousands to millions of daily users. Exposure to cloud-native environments (GCP, AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, etc. Proficient in Java, Go, or Python (we’re stack-agnostic—but want you to pick the right tool for the problem). Traits We Look For: Product empathy: You care about how software impacts user experience. Startup DNA: Comfortable working across boundaries with high ownership. Speed with quality: Ship fast, and build for iteration, not perfection. Curiosity: the ability to pick up new tools Comfortable with early-stage ambiguity What Sets Us Apart: We are AI-native We are still small—you’ll own systems that at a bigger company would require entire teams. We debate to get clarity We provide all engineers with ESOPs Show more Show less

As a builder and product leader passionate about dating and human relationships, you have the opportunity to create a world-class consumer social experience from scratch. Thriving in a fast-paced environment and unafraid of ambiguity, you will be responsible for owning the entire product roadmap and feature prioritization. Collaborating with engineering, design, and data teams, you will drive the rapid delivery of high-quality features. Your role will involve conducting user research, analyzing behavioral data, and defining key metrics to drive user engagement and retention. By working closely with users to understand their needs and pain points, you will lead cross-functional initiatives from conception to launch. Balancing technical feasibility with user needs and business objectives, you will communicate the product vision and progress to stakeholders and leadership. The ideal candidate possesses deep user empathy, a profound understanding of the dating ecosystem, and a relentless drive to craft user journeys that deliver exceptional user experience effortlessly. With 3-10 years of product management experience in consumer products, expertise in building consumer social or gaming products is highly desirable. A background in mobile-first product development, coupled with a deep understanding of user behavior, social dynamics, and community building, is essential. Strong analytical skills, coupled with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisions, will be crucial in driving success in this role. You should have an exceptional ability to empathize with users, especially those different from yourself, and a track record of shipping successful products. Effective communication and collaboration skills are a must, as is the ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. Experience with A/B testing, user research methodologies, and product analytics tools is preferred. Technical fluency to collaborate effectively with engineering teams is necessary. Bonus points will be awarded for demonstrable design thinking, hands-on experience, and a keen focus on user needs and emotions. By joining this founding team, your work will be at the core of the product experience. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of how humans connect in the AI era. In addition to meaningful equity, competitive cash compensation is offered.,

We’re hiring a founding Android Lead Engineer to design and build the core mobile experience — crafting motion-rich interfaces, real-time interactions, and deeply personalised journeys that redefine how people connect. You will: Architect, build, and own end-to-end native Android experiences Lead development of motion-heavy, touch-first, highly responsive UI Solve for chat, notifications, and real-time interactions at scale Optimise for cold starts, animation smoothness, and low latency Mentor junior engineers, own technical roadmap, and enforce code quality Collaborate closely with the design, product, and backend team You'll Be a Great Fit if You: Have 5+ years of experience building and scaling B2C Android apps in Kotlin with a focus on performance, UI polish, and responsiveness. Strong grasp of Jetpack components, Material Design, MVVM/Clean Architecture, and Coroutines/Flows. Solid understanding of networking (Retrofit/OkHttp), caching, memory management, and app security. Experience working with Firebase, Room, WebSockets, push notifications, and analytics SDKs. Comfort with CI/CD, Play Store releases, crash analytics (e.g., Crashlytics/Sentry), and A/B testing. Have built or integrated features like in-app chat, push notifications, or real-time video/audio, and know how to manage latency across devices Have shipped 0→1 features or apps from scratch and love iterating with product and design Obsess over details: gesture choreography, transitions, layout timing, and smooth-as-butter interactions Have led small teams or mentored junior devs, and enjoy setting the bar for code quality, architecture, and reviews Have worked at product-led B2C startups or consumer platforms at scale — ideally with 1M+ DAU. Are curious and up-to-date with the latest in Android SDK development Are fast-moving, comfortable with early-stage ambiguity and ownership Bonus: Exposure to image processing, face detection, or integrating LLM/AI APIs. Why Join Us: We are AI-native and building for global audiences Founding team of repeat founders and backed by top-tier investors Autonomy + velocity + product-first culture All Engineers get ESOPs

The Role We're seeking an analytical builder who excels at designing engagement systems and building the foundational infrastructure that powers our platform. You have user empathy and fascination with how users behave while using your product, and you also know how to quantify, supercharge and optimise the same to create a delightful user experience. You will work closely with our engineering and data teams and drive gamification, engagement and growth. What you'll do: Design and optimise gamification systems that drive long-term user engagement and retention Build and monitor core user engagement loops using data-driven insights Partner with recommendation algorithm teams to improve content discovery and user matching Collaborate with data science teams to develop sophisticated user behaviour models Own the development and maintenance of internal dashboards, analytics tools, and operational systems Work directly with engineering teams to architect scalable technical solutions Define and track complex metrics across multiple systems and user touchpoints Build A/B testing frameworks and experimentation infrastructure Analyse system performance and user behaviour patterns to identify optimisation opportunities Design and implement internal tools that improve team productivity and decision-making Ideal Profile Your superpower is the ability to think at the system level. You can distil user interactions and behaviour. You can empathise with their core needs while understanding analytically how to build the best systems to power them. 3+ years of product management experience with a focus on growth, engagement, or platform systems Exceptional analytical and mathematical skills with experience in statistical analysis Experience designing gamification mechanics, progression systems, and user engagement loops Proficiency with SQL, Python, or similar tools for data analysis Strong technical background with the ability to work closely with engineering teams Experience working with recommendation systems, machine learning models, or algorithmic feeds Ability to translate complex technical and ML concepts into clear product requirements Track record of building and scaling internal tools and operational systems Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in ambiguous technical environments Experience with analytics platforms, understanding of personalisation systems and a background in user psychology or game theory are a plus. Bonus points if you love and understand games. Why Join Us Now Join a founding team where your work is core to the product experience Work at the cutting edge of AI and machine learning applied to a real-life, scaled consumer problem. Shape the future of how humans connect in the AI era Meaningful equity + competitive cash compensation

The Role We&aposre seeking an analytical builder who excels at designing engagement systems and building the foundational infrastructure that powers our platform. You have user empathy and fascination with how users behave while using your product, and you also know how to quantify, supercharge and optimise the same to create a delightful user experience. You will work closely with our engineering and data teams and drive gamification, engagement and growth. What you&aposll do: Design and optimise gamification systems that drive long-term user engagement and retention Build and monitor core user engagement loops using data-driven insights Partner with recommendation algorithm teams to improve content discovery and user matching Collaborate with data science teams to develop sophisticated user behaviour models Own the development and maintenance of internal dashboards, analytics tools, and operational systems Work directly with engineering teams to architect scalable technical solutions Define and track complex metrics across multiple systems and user touchpoints Build A/B testing frameworks and experimentation infrastructure Analyse system performance and user behaviour patterns to identify optimisation opportunities Design and implement internal tools that improve team productivity and decision-making Ideal Profile Your superpower is the ability to think at the system level. You can distil user interactions and behaviour. You can empathise with their core needs while understanding analytically how to build the best systems to power them. 3+ years of product management experience with a focus on growth, engagement, or platform systems Exceptional analytical and mathematical skills with experience in statistical analysis Experience designing gamification mechanics, progression systems, and user engagement loops Proficiency with SQL, Python, or similar tools for data analysis Strong technical background with the ability to work closely with engineering teams Experience working with recommendation systems, machine learning models, or algorithmic feeds Ability to translate complex technical and ML concepts into clear product requirements Track record of building and scaling internal tools and operational systems Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in ambiguous technical environments Experience with analytics platforms, understanding of personalisation systems and a background in user psychology or game theory are a plus. Bonus points if you love and understand games. Why Join Us Now Join a founding team where your work is core to the product experience Work at the cutting edge of AI and machine learning applied to a real-life, scaled consumer problem. Shape the future of how humans connect in the AI era Meaningful equity + competitive cash compensation Show more Show less

As an analytical builder with a passion for user engagement and system optimization, you will play a key role in designing and implementing gamification systems to enhance user experience on our platform. Your ability to understand user behavior and translate it into actionable insights will be crucial in creating engaging and delightful experiences for our users. Working closely with our engineering and data teams, you will drive initiatives focused on gamification, engagement, and growth. Your responsibilities will include designing and optimizing gamification systems to drive long-term user engagement, monitoring user engagement loops using data-driven insights, and collaborating with other teams to improve content discovery and user matching. You will also work on developing sophisticated user behavior models, maintaining internal dashboards and analytics tools, and architecting scalable technical solutions in collaboration with engineering teams. Additionally, you will be involved in defining and tracking complex metrics, building A/B testing frameworks, and analyzing system performance to identify optimization opportunities. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who excels at thinking at the system level, with a strong ability to distill user interactions and behaviors. You should have at least 3 years of product management experience with a focus on growth, engagement, or platform systems, exceptional analytical and mathematical skills, and proficiency in tools such as SQL and Python for data analysis. Experience in designing gamification mechanics, working with recommendation systems, and translating technical concepts into product requirements will be valuable. Strong problem-solving skills, a background in user psychology or game theory, and familiarity with analytics platforms are also desirable qualities for this position. Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies applied to real-life consumer problems. You will be a core member of our founding team, shaping the future of human connections in the AI era. In addition to meaningful equity, we offer competitive compensation that recognizes your contributions to our product experience. If you are passionate about user engagement, system optimization, and the potential of AI in shaping the future, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.,