Sr Backend Engineer, LATAM - API (100% Remote)

📋 Description

• • Sr Backend Engineer, LATAM - API (100% Remote) at Hopper Inc. is a critical role focused on designing, building, and operating a public API that enables partners to create world-class travel portals, directly supporting Hopper’s B2B growth through Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS), which drives over 75% of the company’s business.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include designing and building scalable backend systems in Scala, operating and maintaining public APIs, collaborating closely with product, design, and partner teams in an asynchronous, low-meeting environment, exploring engineering improvements, and ensuring high alignment across cross-functional teams to deliver quality results quickly.
• • Hopper is a well-funded, innovative travel fintech and commerce platform backed by over $750M in private capital, serving hundreds of millions of travelers globally, with its B2B division HTS powering travel portals for major brands like Capital One, Air Canada, Nubank, and Uber, and recognized as the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company.
• • The role offers the opportunity to deepen expertise in distributed systems, public API development, and Scala-based backend engineering while contributing to high-impact products used by Gen Z and millennial travelers, with significant ownership, autonomy, and the chance to shape the future of global travel ecommerce in a $1T market.