After graduating from college, Haugen was hired by Google, and worked on Google Ads, Google Book Search, a class action litigation settlement related to Google publishing book content, as well as Google+.[5] At Google, Frances co-authored a patent for a method of adjusting the ranking of search results.[10] During her career at Google, she completed her MBA, which was paid for by Google.[5] She has said she was a co-founder of the desktop dating app Secret Agent Cupid, precursor to the mobile app Hinge.[11][4]