Senior Software Engineer - Backend, Flights

Job Description

• Planning, investigating, scoping out an upcoming project that the flights team owns • Writing code, reviewing code, or improving code • Explore engineering improvements for the team and flights product • Working with our product operations team or product manager to talk through requirements to effectively implement a new feature • Meeting with another developer on the flights team to discuss a new feature for project planning or pair programming

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional full-time in software engineering with a focus on backend development • Works well with and enjoys working in a product-focused company with a working history of owning features throughout the development life cycle • Communicates well not only with developers but product management and operations teams • Experience with and likes developing in a microservices environment • Proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages, like Java • Skilled in various service communication methods including gRPC, pub/sub, REST, SOAP • Clear demonstration of leading and delivering complex, multi-month projects end to end • Thrives working in technically complex industries like travel • Professional background working in flights, specifically GDS (Global Distribution Systems)/NDC, or airline backend services

Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages • Unlimited PTO • Carrot Cash travel stipend • Flexdesk All Access Pass AND Work-from-home stipend • Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards! • Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business • Open communication with management and company leadership • Small, dynamic teams = massive impact • 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans • Up to 4000$ per year in Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) • FSA/ DCA: Hopper offers pre-tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenditures for health and dependent care costs. • Access to a 401K plan • Annual maximum** is $3,200 for health care, and $5000 for dependent care.