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Principal Software Engineer, AI & Matching

Bumbleinc
US TX Austin, US TX Austinfull_timePosted 31 Mar 2026

About the role

At Bumble, our mission is to create a world where all relationships are healthy and equitable. Our AI & Matching team plays a critical role in bringing this to life- powering the intelligence behind the experiences that help people build meaningful connections, safely and confidently. As a Principal Software Engineer, AI & Matching, you will define and build the next generation of systems that make Bumble smarter, more adaptive, and more helpful for our members. This is a highly technical leadership role focused on designing and scaling core matching, recommendation, retrieval, ranking, and agentic AI systems that directly shape the user experience. You will work across engineering, machine learning, product, and trust & safety to turn advances in AI into production systems that are reliable, low-latency, and deeply aligned with user value. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep experience building ML-powered products and a passion for applying AI to real user problems at scale.

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