Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer, AI Matchmaking

Tawkify is a modern matchmaking company blending human expertise with AI to help people build meaningful relationships. The Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer will design and maintain scalable full-stack applications, develop AI-powered product features, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with product, design, data, matchmaking, and ML teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications that shape the future of the dating landscape
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Matchmaking teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions
• Spearhead architectural decisions that help shape the future of our platform
• Develop AI-powered features and workflows to improve customer experiences and internal operations
• Build high-quality, maintainable systems that prioritize performance, reliability, and scalability
• Improve engineering processes, development standards, and technical best practices
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence
• Partner with our ML team to integrate models directly into the product experience

Requirements:

• 8-10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience designing scalable APIs and distributed systems
• Experience building AI-powered applications, workflows, or integrations using modern LLM technologies
• Strong understanding of software architecture, testing, and maintainability
• Ability to balance speed, quality, and pragmatic decision-making
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Interest in mentoring junior engineers
• Experience with 0 to 1 initiatives
• Proficiency in TypeScript
• Experience with NextJS, React, TailwindCSS, tRPC
• Experience with NestJS, Prisma, Postgres
• Familiarity with AWS and GCP
• Experience with recommendation or matching systems, marketplaces, or personalization
• Prior experience at an early or growth-stage startup
• CS degree or related technical degree