Software Engineer - Trust & Safety
Bumble
Software Engineering
Austin, TX, USA
USD 155k-175k / year
Posted on May 20, 2026
At Bumble, our mission is to create a world where all relationships are healthy and equitable. The Trust & Safety team plays a critical role in bringing this to life - building systems that protect our community and ensure millions of people can connect with confidence.
As a Software Engineer within Trust & Safety, you’ll contribute to the core systems that detect, prevent, and respond to harmful behavior at scale. You’ll work on meaningful technical challenges, partnering with engineers, data scientists, and product teams to build reliable and intelligent safety solutions. This role blends strong engineering fundamentals with AI-powered technologies, giving you the opportunity to grow your impact while helping keep our users safe.
We value curiosity, ownership, and thoughtful innovation - and we’re looking for someone who is excited to learn, build, and make a real difference.
What You'll Do
- Build, test, and maintain scalable, reliable software that supports Bumble’s Trust & Safety systems
- Contribute to the development lifecycle from design through deployment and monitoring, delivering high-quality code
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement systems that help detect and prevent harmful behavior
- Solve technical problems independently, using sound judgment and creativity to deliver effective solutions
- Take ownership of your work, seeing tasks through from idea to impact while adapting with an agile mindset
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate development, run operations, improve code quality, and enhance problem-solving efficiency, while applying strong human judgment and accountability
- Apply responsible and thoughtful use of AI, validating outputs and ensuring solutions are accurate, fair, and aligned with user safety needs
- Contribute to a team culture grounded in curiosity, respect, and continuous improvement
About You
- Typically requires 3+ years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills
- Experience writing production-level software in at least one modern programming language
- Ability to work independently on moderately complex problems and deliver reliable solutions
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams
- Demonstrates an agile mindset, adapting to new information and following work through to completion
- Comfortable using AI-powered tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Copilot) to support coding, learning, and productivity
- Experience with ML-assisted development workflows and experimentation
- Applies AI thoughtfully and responsibly, reviewing outputs for accuracy, bias, and relevance before use
- Curious and motivated to continuously learn new technologies and improve your craft
Nice To Have
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (eg AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (eg Docker, Kubernetes), and deployment workflows
- Exposure to Trust & Safety, machine learning systems, or recommendation systems
Location
- This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.
- We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office Monday - Wednesday.
- Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time
About Us
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. 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 center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
AI Fluency
AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.
We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don’t use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.
Final Compensation
Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.
Benefits & Perks
Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Premium App Access
Inclusion at Bumble Inc.
Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.
In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).
AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring
At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you’d like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly.
155000 - 175000 USD a year
For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location. This position is also typically eligible to participate in our short- and long-term incentive programs. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, Unlimited Paid Time Off Policy.
- Maven Fertility: $10,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, abortion care, and more.
- 26 Weeks Parental Leave: For both primary and secondary caregivers.
- Family & Compassionate Leave: Inclusive of domestic violence recovery.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need.
- Company-wide Week Off: Annual collective rest for the entire company.
- Focus Fridays: No meetings, emails, or deadlines—just deep work.