Senior Backend Engineer - HTS Stays (Remote)

About the job Did you know that Hopper technology powers some of the largest travel portals in the world? Our Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS) platform is the engine that drives travel purchases for Capital One, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Nubank, and more! HTS is growing fast and we need your help to keep accelerating... We are seeking a talented backend engineer to assist in building a new travel portal for one of our latest HTS partners. In this role, you will collaborate directly with our client to address their business needs. You’ll design and maintain multi-tenant systems and external APIs, supporting not only our current business partner but also facilitating HTS partner integrations for companies worldwide. Our work environment prioritizes context over control, emphasizing trust and autonomy. As a member of our cross-functional team, you will collaborate with top-tier engineers, designers, and product managers to make our partner’s vision a reality. In our team, there are no sidelines. Your voice will help drive our roadmap, define our architecture, and shape our working culture. We work for the client, but more importantly we work for one another. The ideal candidate is passionate about building high-quality software and takes ownership of their work. You should be adept at quickly delivering quality results and be able to differentiate between critical initial requirements and areas that can be iteratively improved. We'd love to hear from you if you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy creative problem-solving. What would your day-to-day look like: • Work with a group of top-tier engineers in a low-process environment powered by trust and autonomy • Drive decisions and consensus asynchronously with thoughtful documentation • Ship fast. Learn fast. Repeat • Design and implement internal and external facing APIs to power new functionality in the HTS platform • Work directly with PMs and business partners to help define and refine our roadmap. Your voice matters. • Collaborate cross-functionally with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth An ideal candidate has: • 5+ years of professional full-time in software engineering with a focus on backend development • A passion for product-focused delivery rooted in ownership and stewardship • Strong communication skills that facilitate consensus across disciplines, inside and outside of an organization • Proficiency with any strongly typed language such as Scala, C#, Java, Go, Kotlin, et cetera • Experience with microservice heavy ecosystems • Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Pub./Sub) • Experience working with gRPC/Protobuf • A demonstrated history of enterprise scale system design • Proficiency working in multiple cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) • Solid problem-solving and debugging skills, with the tendency to want to automate repetitive tasks to make things easier going forward. • A passion for writing testable code and testing it - Knows what to test, what not to test, and what kinds of tests matter Perks of working with us: • 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 • Annual maximum** is $3,200 for health care, and $5000 for dependent care. $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. #posttoexternal 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: Hopper sells billion 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