[Hiring] Senior Fullstack Software Engineer @Hopper

Role Description

Do you want to substantially impact the future of Hopper's travel technology? We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Fintech team and help us innovate the evolution of travel selling and booking technology. Fintech contributes to 70% of the company's overall revenue. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting and overseeing the AI-accelerated development of sophisticated systems, ensuring high-quality output through expert guidance of generative AI tools.

We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team to help us grow and mature the Disruption and Insurance category of Hopper’s fintech portfolio of products.

What would your day-to-day look like

• Planning, investigating, or scoping out an upcoming project that you own.
• Mentoring other team members.
• Leveraging AI agents and LLMs to generate production-ready code, focusing your expertise on high-level architectural alignment and achieving business objectives.
• Learning about new advancements with AI, and applying it to something you’re working on.
• Participating in regular meetings to discuss ongoing projects with the team and plan work for upcoming sprints.

Qualifications

• Experienced in full-stack development.
• Strong business understanding, and a product-focused approach to engineering.
• Adept at utilizing AI in their day-to-day workflow, and building autonomous agentic systems.
• Solid understanding of system architecture, focusing on designing scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Skilled in various service communication methods, including gRPC, pub/sub, and REST.
• Knowledgeable in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native development best practices.
• Experienced in deploying infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex projects from inception to production.
• Committed to enhancing system quality and reliability, showcasing excellence in software engineering practices.
• Professional background in the travel or fintech industries, with an understanding of their specific challenges and requirements.

Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
• Monthly cash allowance as part of your Cost to Company (CTC) salary, to cover the costs of private Medical, Dental, Life & Disability insurances.
• Voluntary employer contributions percentage to the Employee Provident Fund (EPF), as part of the CTC salary.
• Very generous parental leave, much above industry standards.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Flexdesk Access Pass AND Work-from-home stipend.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• An entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
• Open communication with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

Company Description

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.
• 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 evolved to become a travel fintech provider, commerce platform, and global travel agency that powers some of the world’s largest brands.
• Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company.
• 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.