Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Fintech

Hopper; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer for their fintech team. In this role, you will design and implement backend systems that drive integrations with major travel brands. You will have the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to impactful projects that elevate the travel experience. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly influence the company's growth and success in the travel industry. This is a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment that values creativity and collaboration, making a significant impact on the future of travel technology.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Carrot Cash travel stipend

Work-from-home stipend

100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage

Access to Disability & Life insurance

Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)

DCA/FSA and access to 401k plan

Open communication with management

Entrepreneurial culture

Small, dynamic teams

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of distributed systems and architectural decisions.
• Prior cloud experience and working with Scala and its libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, deploy and operate complex backend systems.
• Collaborate with diverse teams to iterate on features in an agile manner.

Skills

Scala

Distributed Systems

Cloud Experience

Testable Code

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools

GCP

OpenAPI

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Job description

About the job

Hopper’s Hotel Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) team is responsible for integrating our proprietary fintech offerings with some of the largest travel companies in the world as well as our own direct to customer offerings.

As such the role is both B2C and B2B2C. Within this vertical we construct systems and build fintech offerings to scale globally, managing how to evolve and innovate on current and new offerings, and translating that to customer value and business value to Hopper as a whole.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our growing fintech team! Within our team you will have the opportunity to deliver an outsized impact for the company on one of the company’s most critical roadmaps.

As a Sr. Software Engineer you will be directly responsible for designing, implementing, deploying and operating the complex backend systems that power our integrations!

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 in the context of our microservices architecture

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

• 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:

• 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, Frontend 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 experience

• Working with Scala and its libraries

• Prior travel or eCommerce experience

• Experience and desire to contribute to front ends as a FS engineer is a plus, especially React web front ends

  
  Perks and benefits 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.

• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk 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 and Vision coverage for employees.

• Access to Disability & Life insurance.

• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).

• DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan
  
  #LI-REMOTE
  
  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 billionworth 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!