About the job Hopper Fintech Ancillaries team is a team responsible for integrating our proprietary fintech offerings with some of the largest travel companies in the world. Within this vertical we construct systems and build fintech offerings to scale globally, managing how to evolve and innovate on current and new offerings, and translating that to customer value and business value to Hopper as a whole.
We're looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our growing fintech team! Within our team you will have the opportunity to deliver an outsized impact on the company on one of the company's most critical roadmaps. As a Sr. Software Engineer you will be directly responsible for designing, implementing, deploying and operating the complex backend systems that power our integrations!
What your day-to-day would look like:Iterate on features in an agile manner using Scala (no prior experience required) and technologies like GCP, OpenAPI, BigQuery, Pub/Sub among others.Decide how to best build core systems in the context of our microservices architecture.Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner.Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth.Execute on big opportunities, helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry.An ideal candidate has: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.Excelled in cross-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Frontend Engineers, and other highly skilled specialists.A passionate focus on quality, writing testable code that performs and scales.The ability to work with minimal guidance, be proactive and to handle uncertainty, ambiguity and the challenge of quickly evolving goals.Prior cloud experience.Working with Scala and its libraries (ideally, not required).Prior travel or eCommerce experience.Perks & Benefits:Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.Unlimited PTO.Carrot Cash travel stipend.Flexdesk All Access Pass AND Work-from-home stipend.Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.Open communication with management and company leadership.Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans.Up to 4000$ per year in Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).FSA/ DCA: Hopper offers pre-tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenditures for health and dependent care costs.Access to a 401K plan. $150,000 - $350,000 a year
The yearly total compensation for this senior position ranges from $150,000 to $350,000 USD. Compensation will be determined by candidates' relevant qualifications, knowledge, skills and work experience. Total compensation can include a solid base salary and will also include equity (options / RSUs), sign-on bonus and other potential incentives. More about Hopper At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper's mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. Ranked the third largest online travel agency in North America, the Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials. Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. Hopper is primed to continue its acceleration as the world's fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace. Come take off with us!
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