iOS Engineer Intern

Program Duration

The internship program will run from June 1 through August 31, 2027.

Where you’ll work

This is a hybrid role that requires in-office collaboration three days per week in Los Angeles, California.

About the Role

As an iOS Engineer Intern at Tinder, you will partner directly with senior members of the mobile team and be empowered to contribute solutions to the Tinder codebase. We are deeply invested in improving architecture design, exploring and leveraging new technologies in interesting ways to deliver an app that continues to shape how people connect globally.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate on the development, implementation and functionality of Tinder's newest features and platform architecture.
• Build robust, lasting, and scalable products that serve millions of users.
• Work on systems that handle billions of data events a day.
• Leverage large scale multi-channel communications to keep users well-informed (push notifications, emails, in-app messaging, and more).
• Write unit and integration tests.

What we're looking for:

• Aspiring iOS developer who’s excited to work on large scale challenges with cutting-edge technology.
• Proficiency in coding with Swift.
• Foundational knowledge of basic Computer Science principles: data structures and algorithms.
• Currently pursuing a BS/BA, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have:

• Prior Internship or work experience on a native mobile application.
• Completed mobile project experience (i.e. hackathons, personal projects, GitHub, Open Source, volunteer coding experience etc.).
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as MVC, MVVM, Viper etc.
• Aware of native app development tools/concepts like xcode, core data, core animation, dependency injection, combine, swift UI, UI kit etc. is not required but a bonus.