Senior Software Engineer

Full Time

Job Description

At Hopper, we’re on a mission to make booking travel faster, easier, and more transparent. We are leveraging the power that comes from combining massive amounts of data and machine learning to build the world’s fastest-growing travel app — one that enables our customers to save money and travel more. With over $235M CAD in funding from leading investors in both Canada and the US, Hopper is primed to continue its path toward becoming the go-to way to book travel as the world continues its shift to mobile.

Recognized as the fastest-growing travel app by Forbes and one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company two years in a row, Hopper has been downloaded over 40 million times and has helped travelers plan over 100 million trips and counting. The app has received high praise in the form of mobile accolades such as the Webby Award for Best Travel App of 2019, the Google Play Award for Standout Startup of 2016 and Apple’s App Store Best of 2015.

Take off with us!

THE ROLE

A stellar opportunity to have massive impact: join the world-class engineering team at the company that’s redefining how people travel. As Senior Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying the complex backend systems that power Hopper’s award-winning user experience.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

Build automated solutions that simplify the customer service journey
Build robust and performant infrastructure that supports millions of bookings per year
Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner
Leverage and contribute to a rich microservice architecture system
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

A PERFECT CANDIDATE HAS:

Passion for building engaging user experiences
Experience building automated solutions to simplify complicated manual processes
Thrived in backend engineering positions and delivered user experience at scale
Experience or curiosity to learn distributed system development in Scala
Excelled in cross-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Software Developers, and highly skilled travel agents
Ability to focus on quality, writing testable code that performs well for our consumers
A desire to help its team to continuously improve

BENEFITS

Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options
Dynamic and entrepreneurial team where pushing limits is everyday business
100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans
Access to a 401k (US) or Retirement Savings Plan (Canada)