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Hopper

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Hopper

Staff Backend Software Engineer developing scalable travel solutions for Hopper's technology platform. Collaborating with senior engineers to improve codebases and drive product innovation.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇸 SpainLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ReactScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Identify and execute improvements to the codebase that make it easier for both humans and AI agents to move fast and ship safely.
  • Work with a group of senior engineers in a low-process environment powered by trust and autonomy.
  • Drive decisions and consensus asynchronously with thoughtful documentation and specs.
  • Own features end-to-end — from the backend systems to the partner-facing surface. You'll primarily work on the backend, but expect to use AI tooling to move across the stack as needed. We care that you can ship a complete feature, not that you can write production-grade React from memory.
  • Architect scalable solutions and foundational patterns that let us efficiently launch new partner experiences.
  • Work directly with PMs and business partners to define and refine our roadmap. Your voice and technical vision matter.
  • Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A natural drive to fearlessly dive into an unknown codebase and deliver results fast.
  • Strong product thinking — your conception of quality and architecture is anchored in the customer experience, not in technical elegance for its own sake.
  • The ability to direct AI agents and automated workflows to build and maintain complex systems, and the judgment to know when to step in and when to let them run.
  • Experience designing the guardrails and feedback loops that keep AI-assisted development productive and reliable.
  • Experience with, or a mastery-level willingness to learn, distributed system development in Scala.
  • The ability to articulate not just how you'd solve a problem, but why, and what tradeoffs you're accepting.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary, upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
  • Hopper covers the cost of employee premiums for private medical and dental coverage.
  • Hopper also offers private life and accident coverage.
  • Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.
  • Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Hopper offers a monthly cash allowances for gym memberships and to cover home office expenses for a comfortable remote working experience.
  • 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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Hard Skills & Tools
ScalaCodebase ImprovementFeature OwnershipSystem ArchitectureAI-Assisted Development
Soft Skills
CollaborationFeedback ReceptionDocumentationDecision-Making