Senior Software Engineer, Match Team
Enigma · New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA
Posted about 3 months ago · $180,000-$295,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Enigma's roles stay open a median of 82 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 91% of Enigma's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Enigma
- high 10 stale, 1 reposted of 11 open
- Hiring momentum
- 13 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Enigma's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Enigma.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Match Team at Enigma, you will architect and manage systems that enhance the search and retrieval of customer-facing data products. Your role involves building scalable, low-latency APIs and retrieval systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring peers. You will also evaluate and evolve the search technology stack while ensuring high performance and reliability in cloud environments.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Enigma as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong programming proficiency in Python
- Experience operating within cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Experience designing, fine-tuning, and operating high-scale backend systems, APIs, or data delivery platforms
- Demonstrated expertise in distributed systems, information retrieval, or high-scale API development
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners
Nice to have
- Deep experience with Typesense, Python, AWS, or similar retrieval infrastructure (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, FAISS)
- Experience building customer-facing search or recommendation systems or APIs
- Track record of leading engineering teams
- Extensive experience engineering SaaS data products
- Experience mentoring senior engineers
What you get
- Salary range of $180,000-$240,000
- Equity options for all employees
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided, but total compensation details are vague
- Role involves significant ownership and autonomy, which may appeal to self-driven candidates
- Focus on high-impact, customer-facing systems may require a strong alignment with customer needs
Summarised from Enigma's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Enigma on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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