Hopper is looking to innovate the evolution of travel selling and booking technology by hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join their Fintech team. This role will be responsible for crafting, implementing, and deploying sophisticated backend systems that power Hopper's user experience and grow the Disruption and Insurance category of Hopper's fintech portfolio.
Requirements
- Experienced in full-stack development, with an emphasis on backend skills.
- Proficient in Scala or other JVM languages (such as Kotlin or Java), with demonstrated experience in a production setting.
- 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.
- Committed to enhancing system quality and reliability, showcasing excellence in software engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Planning, investigating, or scoping out an upcoming project that you own.
- Writing code, reviewing code, and improving code.
- Learning about a new technical concept, service, or GCP feature that provides value to our team.
- Crafting, implementing, and deploying the sophisticated backend systems that power Hopper’s award-winning user experience.
- Grow and mature the Disruption and Insurance category of Hopper’s fintech portfolio of products.
- Designing scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Deploying infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools.
Other
- Mentoring other team members, either through pair programming or asynchronously through Slack.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex, multi-month projects from inception to production.
- Professional background in the travel or fintech industries, with an understanding of their specific challenges and requirements.
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
