Hopper

Staff Backend Software Engineer – Commerce Foundations

Hopper

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Colombia

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Scala

About the role

  • Lead the design, build, and operate API and full-stack solutions that serve as the "source of truth" for Stays and Packages across all HTS partners.
  • Proactively explore and resolve engineering improvements for the team and the product—identifying bottlenecks in the codebase or infrastructure that hinder scale.
  • Operate with extreme autonomy, working closely with fellow engineers, designers, and PMs to ensure high alignment on complex technical roadmaps without the need for constant meetings.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with the product team, other Hopper teams, and external partner teams to ensure foundational logic is robust and extensible.
  • Drive decision-making through high-quality documentation and asynchronous communication, thriving in our low-meeting, high-alignment culture.

Requirements

  • A natural drive to fearlessly deep dive into an unknown, complex code base to untangle logic and implement elegant abstractions while keeping eyes on the goal to deliver results fast.
  • Strong product thinking: your conception of quality is anchored in the customer, but you understand that a great experience is built on a stable, predictable commerce engine.
  • Deep experience with (or a proven ability to rapidly master) distributed system development in Scala. You understand the trade-offs of consistency, availability, and latency in a global environment.
  • You prioritize "configuration over customization," building modular systems that support N partners with minimal manual intervention.
  • You can distinguish between what has to be right from the start and what can be iterated on, balancing long-term health with the need for speed.
Benefits
  • Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and upsides of pre-IPO equity packages
  • Hopper offers group medical and dental insurance to full-time employees.
  • Hopper offers life insurance with short term and long term disability coverage.
  • All employees and dependents have access to telemedicine services, anytime, anywhere.
  • Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Carrot Cash travel stipend.
  • Flexdesk Access Pass & Work-from-home stipend.
  • Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
  • Open communication with management and company leadership.
  • Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
API developmentfull-stack solutionsdistributed system developmentScalacodebase optimizationmodular systemsabstractionscommerce enginetechnical documentationasynchronous communication
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaborationautonomyproduct thinkingdecision-makingcommunicationadaptabilitycustomer focuscritical thinkingtime management