Hopper is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack to build the future of travel fintech for our APAC and Enterprise airline partners. This role is central to our B2B strategy, creating highly available, globally-scaled systems that provide peace of mind to millions of travelers and drive significant revenue.
What You'll Do
- Iterate on features in an agile manner using Scala and React and technologies like GCP, OpenAPI, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
- Decide how to best build core systems within our microservices architecture.
- Ship your first code in days and continue to iterate rapidly.
- Collaborate with a diverse group, giving and receiving feedback for growth.
- Execute on big opportunities to help Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry.
What We're Looking For
- The ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table.
- A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability.
- Experience excelling in cross-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Frontend Engineers, and other specialists.
- A passionate focus on quality, writing testable code that performs and scales.
- The ability to work with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty, ambiguity, and quickly evolving goals.
- Prior cloud experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience working with Scala and/or React and its libraries.
- Prior airline, travel industry, or eCommerce experience.
- Experience in UX design, using tools like Figma.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Scala, JavaScript (React)
- Cloud Platform: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Tools: OpenAPI, BigQuery, Pub/Sub
Team & Environment
You’ll join a small, dynamic team in a cross-functional structure. Hopper’s entrepreneurial culture encourages pushing limits and taking risks, with open communication and massive impact.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary and equity: Pre-IPO equity packages.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Carrot Cash travel stipend.
- Access to co-working space via FlexDesk and a work-from-home stipend.
- Generous parental leave, above industry standards.
- 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
- Access to Disability & Life insurance.
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), DCA/FSA, and access to a 401k plan.
Work Mode
This is a 100% remote position for candidates based in the United States.
Hopper is an equal opportunity employer.
