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Bumble is seeking multiple PHP Engineers to help in the ongoing development of our large-scale mobile and web applications backend.

You could be joining one of the following teams, all of which play an important part in creating a delightful experience for our members;

The Trust & Safety team is dedicated to catching bad actors and preventing them from harming good users. 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.

The Registration and Profile team owns a core domain of our application. The team’s mission is to ensure a seamless user experience from signup to profile view and management. You’ll collaborate with experienced and driven engineers who thrive with technical challenges and value every team member's contribution.

The Experimentation team is responsible for maintaining and improving the platform that supports the lifecycle of A/B tests and feature flags used by all engineering teams at Bumble Inc. Our overarching goal is to develop a balanced system aligned with business objectives, ensuring each problem domain is addressed comprehensively.

What you’ll do

Participate in the creation of a large scale backend API, which receives over 50k requests per second and handles millions of concurrent users
Take ownership and build a strategy for complex components of the system, including making architectural decisions, along with influencing strategy for the whole system
Launch and support optimisation initiatives, both with code and hardware, and design frameworks for performance monitoring and visualisation
Suggest and implement cutting-edge, innovative solutions to enhance our backend infrastructure
Proactively communicate with colleagues, managers, and the wider team to refine application design
Actively engage in the whole process of development, from initial design to deployment and support
Write backend code and design databases, focusing on backend logic without client-side coding
Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of services as part of our larger architectural transformation

About you:

Extensive experience of the PHP language
Experience in relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL
Understanding how to optimise and fine-tune backend application that uses MySQL or other external data sources
Experience with caching, sharding, replication, reliability and scalability issues
Knowledge of *nix console environment
Experience in building large-scale solutions
Strong collaboration skills
Proven experience collaborating on large, complex backend projects with multiple people involved
Strong will to learn new technologies and focus on personal growth
Solid communication skills and collaborative mindset

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Fruitz and Official. 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 centre and connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble BFF) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Fruitz, founded in 2017, encourages open and honest communication of dating intentions through playful fruit metaphors. Official is an app for couples that promotes open and honest communication between partners and was founded in 2020.

Senior Backend PHP Engineer

Bumble Inc.

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What you’ll do

About you:

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