Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Fintech (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Hopper is a leading travel platform on a mission to revolutionize the travel industry through its innovative fintech solutions. They are seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join their fintech team, responsible for designing, implementing, deploying, and operating complex backend systems that enhance Hopper's offerings and integrations with major travel companies.

Responsibilities:

• Iterate on features in an agile manner using Scala (no prior experience required) and technologies like GCP, OpenAPI, BigQuery, Pub/Sub among others.

• Decide how to best build core systems in the context of our microservices architecture

• Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner

• Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth

• Execute on big opportunities, helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry

Qualifications:

Required:

• The ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table

• A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability

• Excelled in cross-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Frontend Engineers, and other highly skilled specialists

• A passionate focus on quality, writing testable code that performs and scales

• The ability to work with minimal guidance, be proactive and to handle uncertainty, ambiguity and the challenge of quickly evolving goals

• Prior cloud experience

• Working with Scala and its libraries

• Prior travel or eCommerce experience

Preferred:

• Experience and desire to contribute to front ends as a FS engineer is a plus, especially React web front ends

Company:

Hopper is a travel app that uses predictive analytics to make travel recommendations. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, CAN, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Hopper has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.