Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer - Hotels / Commercial Enablement

Do you want to substantially impact the future of Hopper's travel technology?

We're hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our Hotel team and help us innovate the evolution of travel selling and booking technology. Hotel contributes to 70% of the company's overall revenue.

As a Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for crafting, implementing, and deploying the sophisticated backend systems that power Hopper’s award-winning user experience.

We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team to help us grow and mature our hotel stack.

What would your day-to-day look like:

• Planning, investigating, or scoping out an upcoming project that you own.
• Mentoring other team members, either through pair programming or asynchronously through Slack.
• Writing code, reviewing code, and improving code.
• Learning about a new technical concept, service, or GCP feature that provides value to our team.
• While Hopper has a low-meeting culture (no one has more than 10 hours of meetings scheduled at the start of a week, including managers), we find value in regular meetings to discuss ongoing projects with the team and plan work for upcoming sprints.

An ideal candidate has:

• Experienced in full-stack development, with a strong emphasis on backend skills.
• Proficient in Scala or other JVM languages (like Java), with demonstrated experience in a production setting.
• Solid understanding of system architecture, focusing on designing scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Skilled in various service communication methods, including gRPC, pub/sub, and REST.
• Knowledgeable in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native development best practices.
• Experienced in deploying infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex, multi-month projects from inception to production.
• Committed to enhancing system quality and reliability, showcasing excellence in software engineering practices.
• Professional background in the travel with an understanding of their specific challenges and requirements.

Perks of working with us:

• 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 of 5% of your salary 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