Careers at OtterHalf

Build the dating app you wish existed.

OtterHalf is a new South Asian dating app built around prompts, clarity, and better conversations. We are creating a more intentional way to meet people, one that feels less like endless swiping and more like real connection.

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6 open roles

Growth & Community

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3 open roles

Engineering & Data

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3 open roles

Why join now

Early enough to shape the company. Real enough to matter.

Real product, real users

You will work on projects that directly shape the app, brand, launch strategy, and the way early members experience OtterHalf.

Taste over busywork

We care about sharp judgment, clear writing, thoughtful execution, and small projects that teach us something useful.

Consumer empathy

Dating apps are emotional products. We look for people who understand South Asian dating culture, user frustration, and how to translate both into better product decisions.

Visible ownership

Whether your focus is growth, content, product marketing, or engineering, your work will shape real launches, product decisions, and how early members experience OtterHalf.

Current openings

Small team, broad surface area.

We are hiring across growth, content, product marketing, engineering, and data. Pick the area where you can do your best work and help shape the earliest version of the team.

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3 open roles

Growth & Community

Campus growth, content, launch marketing, and early community feedback.

InternshipOpen now

Founding Campus Growth Intern

Help bring OtterHalf to student communities and early user groups through campus launch ideas, student organization outreach, growth experiments, and user feedback.

Growth & Community
Remote / campus-based

Best fit for

Marketing, Business, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Media Studies, or students active in campus organizations

What you'll work on

  • Build campus launch playbooks
  • Research student dating-app behavior and social trends
  • Identify campus communities, clubs, and organizations for outreach
  • Help test referral, ambassador, and waitlist campaigns

You might be a fit if

  • You understand campus culture and social apps
  • You are comfortable reaching out to student organizations or community leaders
  • You have strong written communication skills
  • You are interested in startups, dating apps, consumer social, or community-led growth
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InternshipOpen now

Social Media & Content Intern

Shape OtterHalf's voice across Instagram, TikTok, and other social channels by turning dating-app frustrations, cultural insights, and product features into sharp, relatable content.

Growth & Community
Remote

Best fit for

Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Media Studies, Design, or anyone who understands short-form content

What you'll work on

  • Create content ideas for Instagram, TikTok, and short-form video
  • Research dating-app trends, memes, and competitor messaging
  • Draft captions, hooks, ad concepts, and creative briefs
  • Help test messaging around prompts, likes, and better conversations

You might be a fit if

  • You understand internet culture and short-form content
  • You can write punchy, relatable copy
  • You notice what makes people stop scrolling
  • You are interested in dating culture, consumer brands, or startup marketing
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InternshipOpen now

Product Marketing Intern, Consumer Social

Help us explain why OtterHalf should exist and why users should try it through product positioning, landing page copy, competitor research, and launch messaging.

Growth & Community
Remote

Best fit for

Business, Marketing, Psychology, Communications, HCI, or students interested in positioning and go-to-market strategy

What you'll work on

  • Research competitor apps and user complaints
  • Help refine OtterHalf's positioning and feature messaging
  • Draft landing page, App Store, and ad copy ideas
  • Summarize user feedback into clear marketing insights

You might be a fit if

  • You like consumer psychology and product positioning
  • You can turn vague ideas into clear messaging
  • You are curious about why people choose one app over another
  • You are interested in startups, dating apps, or consumer social products
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3 open roles

Engineering & Data

Mobile, web, internal tools, QA automation, and product analytics.

Full-timeOpen now

New Grad Full-Stack Engineer

Help build the product surfaces and internal systems that power OtterHalf, from mobile app experiences to moderation tooling, landing pages, APIs, and product-quality improvements.

Engineering & Data
Remote

Best fit for

Recent graduates in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or builders with strong React, React Native, Node.js, and product engineering projects

What you'll work on

  • Ship user-facing features across mobile, web, and backend surfaces
  • Improve internal tooling for moderation, analytics, support, and operations
  • Help harden reliability, observability, and QA workflows for a live consumer app
  • Collaborate on product decisions with design, growth, and user feedback loops

You might be a fit if

  • You have shipped meaningful full-stack, mobile, or web projects
  • You care about product details, performance, and maintainable code
  • You can learn quickly across unfamiliar parts of the stack
  • You want high ownership at an early-stage consumer startup
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Full-timeOpen now

New Grad Machine Learning Engineer

Work on recommendation quality, ranking, profile understanding, trust signals, and data-informed product systems that help members find more relevant and respectful connections.

Engineering & Data
Remote

Best fit for

Recent graduates in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Math, or builders with strong ML systems and product analytics projects

What you'll work on

  • Design and evaluate recommendation, ranking, and matching experiments
  • Build data pipelines or analysis workflows for discovery and engagement quality
  • Explore NLP, embeddings, or classification models for profile and prompt understanding
  • Partner with product and moderation workstreams on trust and safety signals

You might be a fit if

  • You have built ML or data systems beyond coursework-only examples
  • You can balance model quality, privacy, fairness, latency, and product simplicity
  • You are comfortable with Python, SQL, experimentation, and clear technical writing
  • You are interested in recommendations, NLP, ranking, or trust systems for consumer social products
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Full-timeOpen now

Software Engineer — Mobile & Backend

Build core OtterHalf product experiences across the mobile app, backend APIs, internal tooling, reliability, and launch-critical systems.

Engineering & Data
Remote, United States

Best fit for

Engineers with 1+ year of React Native, Node.js, TypeScript, or product engineering experience who want high ownership across mobile and backend systems

What you'll work on

  • Ship mobile app features in React Native and Expo
  • Build and improve backend APIs, services, and data flows
  • Harden reliability, observability, and QA for a live consumer app
  • Improve internal tooling for moderation, analytics, and operations

You might be a fit if

  • You have shipped production-quality mobile, backend, or full-stack work
  • You care about product details, maintainability, and practical execution
  • You can move across unfamiliar parts of the stack without needing perfect specs
  • You want high ownership at an early-stage consumer startup
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Hiring process

Direct, lightweight, respectful.

01

Apply to the role

Start with the role listing. A concise resume, portfolio, or project links are more useful than a perfect cover letter.

02

Short intro conversation

We look for curiosity, communication, taste, and whether the role matches what you want to learn.

03

Small work sample

For some roles, we may ask for a lightweight exercise or portfolio walkthrough that reflects the actual work.

04

Clear next steps

We will keep the process direct, respectful, and transparent so you know where things stand.

Interested, but not sure where you fit?

We care less about perfect resumes and more about curiosity, taste, communication, and follow-through. Current openings are listed above, and thoughtful notes are welcome.

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OtterHalf welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We evaluate candidates based on skills, interests, experience, communication, and role fit.