Senior Backend Software Engineer

Boston, MA, United States

About the job

We're looking for an amazing Software Developer to join the exciting Hopper Web team! As part of the team, you will have the opportunity to work on Hopper.com’s new web booking products and have an outsized impact on the company’s success and growth.

As a member of the Hopper Web team, you will be directly responsible for designing, implementing, deploying and operating end to end features that will have a direct impact on end Users!

A successful candidate loves to build and demonstrates high ownership about outcomes, and constantly looks for and finds creative ways to deliver quality results quickly.  They can distinguish between what has to be right from the start and what what can be iterated on. Tech stack: Our backend systems are written in scala, and we use a suite of GCP services

Our frontends are web apps using react + typescript

What would your day-to-day 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 to take advantage of our microservices architecture

Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner

Quickly prototype new insights and run experiments to identify features that users love.

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: 4 years Software experience

Solid understanding of basic web backend concepts - databases, routes, data models, middleware, auth, etc.

Strong problem-solving skills, proven ability to translate ideas into code

Track record of successful collaboration with technical and non-technical people

Winning attitude and strong communication skills

Customer-obsessed

Preferred qualifications: 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, Mobile 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 experienceWorking with Scala and its Libraries

Prior travel or eCommerce experience

Perks of working with us: Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options/ RSUs

Unlimited PTO

WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend

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 telemedicine, medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans

Access to a RRSP plan or 401K plan (depending of Canada or USA)

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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. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips.

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.

While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a global travel agency and travel fintech provider that powers some of the world’s largest brands.

Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada and many more.

Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:

Comment start Hopper sells billion Comment end s worth of travel and travel fintech every year. In 2023, over 1.3 billion trips were planned through the Hopper app and our HTS partnerships.

Our fintech products – including Price Freeze, Flexibility for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.

Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; and consumers are 1.6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.

Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 50% of the business.

Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines with many more in the pipeline.

Featured in Apple’s Best of the App Store list of Essential Travel Apps in 2023 and recognized by the likes of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agency in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.

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!