Social & Feed
Design Tinder (Geospatial matching and swipe queues)
A geospatial matching platform serving a personalized, location-filtered swipe queue and detecting mutual likes in real time.
Open and Simulate this Architecture in InfraDraftCore Architectural Components
Geospatial Index
Geohash or quadtree index for fast nearby-candidate lookups.
Candidate Recommendation Queue Generator
Precomputes a personalized, filtered swipe deck per user.
Swipe Event Ingestion Service
Records every like/pass at high throughput.
Mutual-Match Detection Service
Checks for a reciprocal like and fires a match event.
Match Notification Service
Real-time push to both users the instant a match occurs.
User Preference/Filter Store
Age range, distance, and other filters applied to candidate selection.
Profile & Media Storage
Photos and profile data served with low latency to the swipe UI.
Real-Time Chat Service
Post-match messaging, functionally similar to a lightweight chat system.