THE ROLE:

Do you want to make a substantial impact on the future of Hopper's travel technology? We're hiring a specialist in Backend Development to join our Fintech team and help us innovate the evolution of travel selling and booking technology. Fintech contributes to 70% of the company's overall revenue and as a Senior Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for crafting, implementing, and deploying the sophisticated backend systems that power Hopper’s award-winning user experience.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Solve sophisticated technical problems that address scalability issues to improve the user experience


• Work in a dynamic microservices' environment with a rich API tier and make important architectural decisions about core backend systems


• Be empowered to drive innovation for our Fintech products (e.g Price Freeze, Hopper Cloud)


• Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner using Scala and technologies like GCP, Kafka, BigQuery, BigTable, HBase, Cloud SQL among others.


• Collaborate with a diverse group of people, across Engineering, Data Science, Product and Leadership, executing on big opportunities and helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry!

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS:

• Experience growing in dynamic backend environments, delivering user experience at scale.


• Experience working with persistence technologies and the ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table


• Experience mentoring and leading people at different stages in their career


• Excels in multi-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Mobile Engineers, and other highly skilled specialists


• A passionate focus on quality, writing testable code that performs well for our consumers

BENEFITS / PERKS:

• Well-funded and proven startup offering competitive salary and stock options


• Unlimited PTO


• WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend


• Ambitious culture where pushing limits and trying new things is everyday business


• Open communication with management and company leadership


• Small, dynamic teams = substantial impact


• 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans


• Access to a 401k (US) or Retirement Savings Plan (Canada)