Description:

Hopper is redefining travel by combining a travel agency with proprietary fintech offerings, serving over 100 million monthly active users through its mobile app and partnerships with companies like CapitalOne and Air Canada.
The Fintech Foundation team is responsible for optimizing pricing for ancillary products, balancing customer demand with financial risks, and helping product teams deliver new fintech products to market quickly.
The role of a Senior Machine Learning Engineer involves delivering and operating innovative pricing solutions at scale across multiple partners.
Daily responsibilities include implementing automated ML training pipelines, building data ETL pipelines with feature engineering, developing and deploying real-time pricing solutions, monitoring for low-latency, and collaborating with data scientists and product stakeholders.

Requirements:

Candidates must have strong development skills in Python, Scala, and SQL.
A deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and frameworks such as pandas, sklearn, flyte, and TensorFlow is required.
Familiarity with data modeling, software architecture, and distributed data processing tools is essential.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with attention to detail, are necessary.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must for this position.

Employees will enjoy a competitive salary and the potential for pre-IPO equity packages in a well-funded startup.
Hopper covers the cost of employee premiums for private medical and dental coverage, as well as private life and accident coverage.
The company offers generous parental leave that exceeds industry standards.
Employees have access to co-working spaces through FlexDesk and receive a work-from-home stipend.
Unlimited paid time off (PTO) is provided.
Monthly cash allowances for gym memberships and home-office expenses are available to ensure a comfortable remote working experience.
A Carrot Cash travel stipend is included.
The company promotes an entrepreneurial culture that encourages pushing limits and taking risks, with open communication with management and small, dynamic teams that allow for a significant impact.