TECH CRUNCH - Aug 12 - The former head of engineering at Amazon for the AppStream product, has recently joined Tinder as VP of engineering. Heinz will lead a team of engineers at Tinder to address the speed with which Tinder serves up relevant matches, as well as handling the constant stream of new users to the network. The hire comes at a time when Tinder is under a lot of scrutiny following a sexual harassment scandal. ValleyWag reports that Benchmark is looking to invest between $50 and $75 million into Tinder at a valuation as high as $1 billion.
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