Staff Backend Software Engineer

Hopper Inc.

Job Overview

Location

New York - Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Build and scale the Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS) platform, a configurable, multi-tenant travel commerce engine that powers booking experiences for global partners including banks, airlines, and fintech leaders.
• Own end-to-end development of backend features that connect cardholder behavior to personalized travel offers, driving incremental spend and partner competitiveness.
• Architect scalable, foundational systems that enable rapid deployment of new partner experiences with minimal custom engineering.
• Leverage AI agents and automated workflows to accelerate development cycles, orchestrating tools to ship features faster while maintaining reliability and safety.
• Design and implement guardrails and feedback loops to ensure AI-assisted development remains productive, accurate, and aligned with product goals.
• Work in a low-process, high-autonomy environment with senior engineers, making technical decisions through asynchronous documentation and thoughtful specs.
• Collaborate directly with product managers and business partners to define roadmap priorities and refine technical vision based on customer impact.
• Improve codebase maintainability and velocity for both human engineers and AI agents by identifying and executing systemic enhancements.
• Ship features across the stack—primarily backend in Scala and GCP—but use AI tooling to efficiently engage with frontend (React + TypeScript) and other layers as needed.
• Prioritize customer experience and business outcomes over technical elegance, anchoring architecture decisions in real-world partner and traveler needs.
• Articulate tradeoffs clearly when solving complex problems, explaining not just how a solution works but why it was chosen and what compromises were made.
• Contribute to a diverse, collaborative team culture by giving and receiving feedback to drive individual and collective growth.
• Participate in shaping the future of travel commerce by expanding HTS’s reach to hundreds of millions of cardholders across global banking and travel partners.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience building and scaling distributed backend systems in Scala or a strong willingness to master it
• Demonstrated ability to design and manage AI-assisted development workflows, including agent orchestration and feedback loops
• Strong product thinking with a focus on customer impact over technical perfection
• Experience working autonomously in low-process environments with high ownership and asynchronous collaboration
• Ability to articulate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and architectural rationale clearly and persuasively
• Natural drive to dive into unfamiliar codebases and deliver results quickly

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with pre-IPO equity packages
• Unlimited PTO
• Carrot Cash travel stipend
• Access to co-working space via FlexDesk and work-from-home stipend
• 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Generous parental leave policy exceeding industry standards

Skills & Technologies

Python

TypeScript

Java

Scala

React

Backend

Senior

Remote

Degree Required

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About Hopper Inc.

Hopper is a travel technology company that uses predictive analytics and machine learning to forecast flight and hotel prices, allowing consumers to book travel at optimal times. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Montréal, Canada, it operates mobile-first booking platforms and provides fintech products like price freeze, cancel-for-any-reason, and rebooking guarantees to reduce travel risk.

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