Sr. Anti Abuse Analyst

Our Mission

Launched in 2012, Tinder® revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years. This rapid growth demonstrates its ability to fulfill a fundamental human need: real connection. Today, the app has been downloaded over 630 million times, leading to over 97 billion matches, serving approximately 50 million users per month in 190 countries and 45+ languages - a scale unmatched by any other app in the category. In 2024, Tinder won four Effie Awards for its first-ever global brand campaign, “It Starts with a Swipe”™.

Our Values

• One Team, One Dream: We work hand-in-hand, building Tinder for our members. We succeed together when we work collaboratively across functions, teams, and time zones, and think outside the box to achieve our company vision and mission.
• Own It: We take accountability and strive to make a positive impact in all aspects of our business, through ownership, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.
• Never Stop Learning: We cultivate a culture where it’s safe to take risks. We seek out input, share honest feedback, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes in order to continue improving.
• Spark Solutions: We’re problem solvers, focusing on how to best move forward when faced with obstacles. We don’t dwell on the past or on the issues at hand, but instead look at how to stay agile and overcome hurdles to achieve our goals.
• Embrace Our Differences: We are intentional about building a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members. By leveraging different perspectives and other ways of thinking, we build better experiences for our members and our team.

The Team and Role

The Tinder Integrity team is responsible for systems, algorithms, and policies that keep Tinder and its members safe. It is a multidisciplinary team of engineers, ML practitioners, product managers, analysts, and policy experts.

Our Anti Abuse team is responsible for proactively identifying, investigating and mitigating scaled abuse and other threats to the integrity of Tinder. The team works cross-functionally to design, build, test, and implement automated detection signals and algorithms that accurately and effectively target bad actors at scale.

Where you’ll work

This is a hybrid role and requires in-office collaboration three times per week (Los Angeles).

In this role, you will:

• Own and lead detection areas, proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating scaled abuse threats through data-driven insights, automation, and advanced detection techniques
• Lead and improve the on-call incident response process, ensuring efficient triage, escalation, and resolution of emerging threats. Define best practices and enhance automated responses to minimize manual intervention
• Monitor and investigate emerging abuse trends, linking anomalous activity to core KPIs and implementing proactive mitigation strategies
• Mentor and guide junior team members, sharing technical expertise, developing best practices, and ensuring consistency in detection methodologies
• Drive and deliver complex projects, from problem discovery to execution, ensuring measurable impact while continuously iterating on detection systems
• Develop scalable, durable and efficient abuse detection systems, optimizing for complexity, precision, and performance while proactively surfacing new abuse tactics and vulnerabilities
• Discover and address underlying abuse patterns, leveraging reports and insights from different sources to refine detection strategies and create repeatable engineering solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Product, Policy, Member Experience, and Engineering) to align detection strategies with broader safety initiatives

You will need:

• 3+ years of experience working on complex abuse-adjacent problems such as Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, fraud, or risk, with a strong track record of ownership and impact
• Proficiency in Python for automating detection workflows, data manipulation, and analysis
• Strong command of SQL and experience with big data tools like Spark (or similar frameworks)
• Hands on experience building and productionizing large-scale detection systems, optimizing for performance and scalability
• Experience building dashboards or visualizations using Mode, Tableau, or similar tools
• Deep knowledge of abuse threat actors and evasion tactics, with experience designing scalable, high-precision detection and remediation models
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives with Product, Engineering, and customer-facing teams to drive impactful safety improvements
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, especially to executive and non-subject-matter-expert audiences

Nice to have:

• BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity or related field
• Professional experience in creating and maintaining algorithms
• Knowledge and familiarity with persistent scaled abuse threat actors
• Experience uncovering indicators of abuse and applying creative strategies to mitigate
• Experience in leading technical projects and mentoring junior team members

As a full-time employee, you’ll enjoy:

• Flexible Vacation, 10 Sick Days
• Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matching
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
• 100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 100% paid parental leave (including for non-birthing parents), family forming benefits, and Milk Stork, which provides access to breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and employee relocation
• Investment in your development: mentorship through our MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual stipend for your professional development
• Investment in your wellness: access to mental health support via Modern Health, and Insight Timer; paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy
• Free premium subscriptions for several Match Group apps – including Tinder Platinum!

Commitment to Inclusion

At Tinder, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it. We strive to build a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members around the world, and we value unique perspectives and backgrounds. Even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications, we invite you to apply and show us how your skills could transfer. Tinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we welcome people of all sexes, gender identities, races, ethnicities, disabilities, and other lived experiences. Learn more here: https://www.lifeattinder.com/dei

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition Partner directly.

Key skills/competency

• Anti-abuse
• Trust & Safety
• Cybersecurity
• Fraud Detection
• Risk Mitigation
• Python Programming
• SQL Data Analysis
• Big Data Tools (Spark)
• Detection System Development
• Incident Response Management