[Hiring] Senior Full Stack Product Engineer @Hopper

Role Description

We're looking for a senior software engineer who builds great products and has figured out how to use AI to do it at a pace that wasn't possible a year ago. In this role you will:

• Ship features and improve the SDLC for your peers.
• Supercharge business intelligence and unlock new capabilities for millions of travel customers worldwide.
• Identify and execute improvements to the codebase for both humans and AI agents.
• Work with a group of senior engineers in a low-process environment powered by trust and autonomy.
• Drive decisions and consensus asynchronously with thoughtful documentation and specs.
• Build new features from top to bottom — from UX to database.
• Architect scalable solutions and foundational patterns for launching new partner experiences.
• Collaborate with PMs and business partners to define and refine the roadmap.
• Give and receive feedback for growth.

Qualifications

• A natural drive to fearlessly dive into an unknown codebase and deliver results fast.
• Strong product thinking anchored in customer experience.
• The ability to direct AI agents and automated workflows.
• Experience designing guardrails and feedback loops for AI-assisted development.
• Experience with, or a mastery-level willingness to learn, distributed system development in Scala.
• The ability to articulate problem-solving approaches and tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Backend: Scala, GCP services.
• Frontend: React + TypeScript.
• Stack-agnostic thinking is valued; experience in Go, Python, Java, or other languages is acceptable.

Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with competitive salary and pre-IPO equity packages.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• 100% coverage of employee premiums for health, dental, life, and short-term disability insurances.
• Monthly meal vouchers for employees in Brazil.
• Very generous parental leave.
• Flexdesk All Access Pass & Work-from-home stipend.
• Entrepreneurial culture with open communication and small, dynamic teams.

Company Description

At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally. We leverage massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms to bring transparency, flexibility, and savings to travelers. Our platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share.

• Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times.
• 70% of users are Gen Z and millennials.
• Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital.
• HTS represents more than 75% of the business.
• Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company.