Remote Senior Frontend Engineer - HTS / Stays (100% remote)

Description:

• Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS) powers major travel portals and is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to help architect, optimize, and scale their platform.
• The role involves developing features and defining the foundations for scalable, high-performance travel portals.
• You will work on a next-generation lodging, car, and packaging platform, assisting top brands in driving ancillary revenue and enabling Hopper's exponential growth.
• The position requires an experienced React engineer who is passionate about building world-class user experiences and reducing long-term maintenance overhead.
• The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver who balances reusable white-label solutions with tailored customizations for partners.
• Daily tasks include collaborating with top-tier engineers in a low-process environment, driving decisions asynchronously, shipping features quickly, and architecting scalable front-end solutions.
• You will work closely with product managers and business partners to define and refine the roadmap, and collaborate cross-functionally to give and receive feedback for growth.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have deep expertise in React, including functional components, hooks, performance optimizations, server-side rendering, hydration, and advanced state management.
• Extensive experience with complex state management tools such as React Context, Redux, Zustand, or similar is required.
• Advanced knowledge of CSS, including SCSS, CSS-in-JS, Tailwind, animations, and handling browser quirks is necessary.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and experience developing and maintaining enterprise-scale applications is essential.
• Experience in optimizing frontend performance through techniques like lazy loading, code-splitting, caching strategies, and Lighthouse optimizations is required.
• A strong understanding of frontend architecture and the ability to design scalable, maintainable systems is crucial.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering and static site generation, particularly with Next.js for SEO-friendly experiences, is preferred.
• Experience working with backend APIs (GraphQL, REST) and efficient data-fetching strategies is necessary.
• Familiarity with backend systems and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) is a bonus but not mandatory.
• A passion for writing testable code and understanding what to test in front-end applications is important.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary and the potential for pre-IPO equity packages in a well-funded startup with large ambitions.
• Employees enjoy unlimited PTO and a Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk and a work-from-home stipend is provided.
• The company offers generous parental leave that exceeds industry standards.
• An entrepreneurial culture encourages pushing limits and taking risks.
• Open communication with management and company leadership is promoted.
• Small, dynamic teams allow for a massive impact on the company's success.
• Employees receive 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Access to disability and life insurance, as well as a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), is included.
• Employees can participate in a DCA/FSA and have access to a 401k plan.