Engineering teams that prioritize risk-taking over stability

Informed risk-taking is our way of life.

We work in the dating app market, which is both constantly changing and competitive. There are a ton of different products out there and in order to differentiate ourselves, we have to take risks to stand out. Our data science engineers are always tweaking and experimenting with our algorithm, and building custom algorithms to test in individual cities. As an engineer, you’re never expected to work outside of your role, but you absolutely have free range to work as cross-functionally as you want. If you have an idea for new features, marketing strategies, or recruiting, we hope you’ll pull data to substantiate it, make the pitch, and then run with it. The only limits on your career at CMB are the ones you set yourself.

Measure twice, cut once.

We believe that nearly everything can be de-risked, and the things many people consider risky can be – should be – made less risky with upfront research. We believe this so strongly we did it with Vanta: we spent ~a year validating the product, market, business, and product need upfront, all without code. Once we started to code, we knew precisely what to build, and we were able to ramp users and revenue quickly. As soon as we found product/market fit, we start sprinting. We've raised millions of dollars from Y Combinator, Pear, and Neo, and we make nearly as much as we spend.

We’re very Richard Hamming about things: “A random walk of random decisions will not get you anywhere near as far as those taken with your own vision of what your future should be.” If this resonates with you, we’d love to meet you.