Hopper is an accredited, mobile-only travel agency using big data to analyze and predict airfare and accommodations. A fully remote employer, Hopper strives to
Senior Backend Engineer – Lodging and Cars
Location
Netherlands
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer – Lodging and Cars
Hopper
• Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodgings, cars and GDS partners while navigating complex communication protocols and distributed data schemas. • Write clean, performant code in Scala or other JVM languages to maintain, evolve, and uphold rigorous engineering standards for mission-critical lodging services. • Explore and troubleshoot existing complex codebases to deep-dive into infrastructure and resolve production issues in a distributed system environment. • Partner with Product Managers and Operations to decompose business requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines. • Take full ownership of the development lifecycle for new product features, from initial technical implementation and testing to production deployment. • Contribute to the design of highly resilient, low-latency services to ensure a seamless booking experience for customers under high load. • Participate in thorough code reviews and identify opportunities to optimize scalability, performance, and system health.
Job Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages, such as Java or Kotlin, with a focus on building scalable, high-throughput services.
- A proven track record of owning the technical implementation, testing, and deployment of features within a microservices architecture.
- Practical experience with distributed systems and service communication methods including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST.
- The ability to onboard quickly and handle technical ambiguity by independently exploring and executing technical plans within existing infrastructure.
- Excellent communication skills and a "bias for action" to effectively collaborate with cross-functional squads in a remote-first environment.
- A professional curiosity for the travel tech industry and a commercial mindset focused on delivering reliable booking fulfillment.
Benefits
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
- Hopper offers employees enrollment to a Hopper sponsored Health Collective that includes options for basic medical and dental insurances, as well as options for deductibles.
- Hopper offers private insurance coverage to supplement social security payments attributed to Accidental Death and Long term disability, including Excess and Gap insurances.
- In lieu of a formal pension plan, Hopper will provide a cash allowance to put towards pension savings.
- Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Flexdesk coworking All Access Pass AND Work-from-home stipend.
- Carrot Cash travel stipend.
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
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