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About the job We are looking for a talented Back-End Software Engineer to join our Hopper Technology Solutions group and help create the travel experience. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a cross-functional team of exceptional engineers, designers, and product managers to develop and deliver innovative features that elevate our products. You will also play a key role in supporting our partners, ensuring we can scale our joint ventures seamlessly and effectively. What we're looking for You’re passionate about building high-quality software and take pride in owning your work from concept to delivery. You thrive in fast-paced environments and excel at identifying the critical requirements needed to launch while balancing iterative improvements for long-term success. If you love creative problem-solving, delivering results quickly, and contributing to a team that’s transforming the travel industry, we’d love to hear from you! Our tech stack - Our solutions are obviously a distributed system, which is operated in GCP, using a mix of database technologies. -- We use GKE for workload orchestration - Our backend services are implemented in Scala, frontend is web (desktop and mobile) using react and typescript What would your day-to-day look like: • Design, build, and operate highly scalable APIs and full-stack solutions impacting the lives of millions of travelers • Build delightful back-end features in a fast-paced, experiment-heavy (AB testing), data-driven and AGILE product lifecycle • Conduct code reviews to ensure our codebases meet and exceed high-quality standards and best practices across the organization • Operate autonomously but work closely with your fellow engineers as well as designer/PM to ensure high alignment • Being part of the round table around design discussions, and product discussions, have the chance to mentor other peers as need be • Our group operates with very few meetings and emphasizes strong alignment and asynchronous decision-making. An ideal candidate has: • A natural drive to fearlessly deep dive into an unknown code base while keeping their eyes on the goal to deliver results fast • Strong product thinking: their conception of quality is anchored in the customer • Experience with, or a willingness to learn, distributed system development in Scala • A capacity to build robust systems being able to handle large scale of both transactions and users 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. • 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. #posttoexternal