Staff Backend Software Engineer

Hopper Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Netherlands - 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 used by global partners including banks, airlines, and fintech leaders to power hotel and travel booking experiences.
• Own end-to-end feature delivery from backend systems to partner-facing surfaces, leveraging AI agents and automated workflows to accelerate development cycles while maintaining reliability and safety.
• Architect scalable, foundational patterns that enable rapid launch of new partner experiences across a growing network of 410M+ cardholders.
• Identify and implement codebase improvements that enhance both human and AI agent velocity, ensuring systems are maintainable, observable, and optimized for AI-assisted development.
• Collaborate directly with product managers and business partners to define, refine, and prioritize the roadmap based on customer impact and business outcomes.
• Design and enforce guardrails and feedback loops for AI-assisted development to ensure output quality, consistency, and alignment with product goals.
• Work in a low-process, high-autonomy environment where decisions are made asynchronously through thoughtful documentation and technical specs.
• Drive technical consensus across senior engineering teams by clearly articulating tradeoffs, architectural decisions, and the rationale behind system design choices.
• Focus primarily on backend systems built in Scala and GCP services, but use AI tooling to move fluidly across the stack as needed — no expectation to write production-grade React from memory.
• Contribute to a culture of open feedback, continuous learning, and psychological safety within small, high-impact teams.
• Translate customer behavior data into actionable intelligence layers that help partners connect cardholders with the right travel offers at the right time, driving incremental spend and competitive differentiation.
• Evolve Hopper’s Commerce platform from a travel vendor into a strategic card partner by embedding fintech products like Cancel for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance into partner direct channels.
• Maintain a product-first mindset: prioritize customer experience and business outcomes over technical elegance, ensuring architecture serves real user needs.
• Demonstrate mastery-level willingness to learn Scala if coming from another backend language (Go, Python, Java, etc.), with emphasis on rapid adaptation and systems thinking.
• Ship features faster than traditional engineering cycles by orchestrating AI agents, not just using them for code completion — understanding when to trust LLM output and when to intervene.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience designing and shipping complex distributed systems at scale
• Proven ability to orchestrate AI agents and automated workflows to build and maintain production systems
• Strong product thinking anchored in customer experience, not just technical perfection
• Mastery-level willingness to learn Scala or existing expertise in Scala, Go, Python, or Java
• Demonstrated ability to articulate technical tradeoffs and decision rationale clearly
• Experience establishing guardrails and feedback loops for AI-assisted development

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with pre-IPO equity packages
• Enrollment in Hopper-sponsored Health Collective covering medical and dental insurance options
• Private insurance coverage for Accidental Death and Long Term Disability, including Excess and Gap insurance
• Cash allowance provided for pension savings in lieu of a formal pension plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexdesk coworking All Access Pass and work-from-home stipend

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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