Description:

Hopper’s Hotel Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) team integrates proprietary fintech offerings with major travel companies and direct customer services.
The role encompasses both B2C and B2B2C aspects, focusing on building scalable fintech systems and offerings.
The Senior Backend Developer will have a significant impact on one of the company's critical roadmaps.
Responsibilities include designing, implementing, deploying, and operating complex backend systems for integrations.
Daily tasks involve iterating on features using Scala and technologies like GCP, OpenAPI, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
The role requires making architectural decisions within a microservices context and collaborating with diverse teams.

Requirements:

Candidates must bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the role.
A strong understanding of distributed systems and the impact of architectural decisions on performance and maintainability is essential.
Experience working in cross-functional teams with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Frontend Engineers is required.
A focus on quality and the ability to write testable, scalable code is necessary.
Candidates should be able to work independently, handle uncertainty, and adapt to quickly evolving goals.
Prior cloud experience is required, along with familiarity with Scala and its libraries.
Experience in travel or eCommerce is preferred.
A desire to contribute to front-end development, particularly with React, is a plus.

The position offers a competitive salary and pre-IPO equity packages at a well-funded startup.
Hopper covers 100% of premiums for the group insurance plan, including life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage.
Employees have access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) for eligible medical and dental expenses.
Telemedicine services are available to all employees and their dependents through Dialogue.
An RRSP plan with automatic pre-tax withdrawals is provided for all employees.
The company offers generous parental leave that exceeds industry standards.
Employees enjoy unlimited paid time off (PTO) and a travel stipend.
Access to co-working spaces and a work-from-home stipend is available.
The company promotes an entrepreneurial culture with open communication and small, dynamic teams for significant impact.