Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack - Fintech

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack – Fintech

About The Job

The Fintech Ancillaries team is the engine behind Hopper's most innovative and high‑margin products, such as Cancel for Any Reason and Disruption Assistance. We design, build and scale the backend systems that power these proprietary fintech offerings, integrating them with some of the world's largest travel companies (airlines, banks, hotels) through our B2B platform, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). This role is at the center of Hopper's B2B strategy, building highly available, globally scaled systems that provide peace of mind to millions of travelers on our partners' platforms and drive significant revenue for the company.

We're looking for a Senior Full‑Stack Engineer to join us in building the future of travel fintech for our HTS partners.

• Iterate on features in an agile manner using Scala and React (no prior experience required) and technologies like GCP, OpenAPI, Big Query, Pub/Sub among others.
• Decide how to best build core systems in the context of our microservices architecture.
• Ship your first code in days, iterating on features in an agile manner.
• Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth.
• Execute on big opportunities, helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry.

• The ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table.
• A strong understanding of distributed systems and how architectural decisions affect performance and maintainability.
• Excelled in cross‑functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Frontend Engineers, and other highly skilled specialists.
• A passionate focus on quality, writing testable code that performs and scales.
• The ability to work with minimal guidance, be proactive and handle uncertainty, ambiguity and the challenge of quickly evolving goals.
• Prior cloud experience.
• Working with Scala and/or React and its libraries.
• Prior travel or eCommerce experience.
• Experience in UX design, using tools like Figma.

• Well‑funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre‑IPO equity packages.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• Access to co‑working space on demand through Flex Desk and a work‑from‑home stipend.
• 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 and vision coverage for employees.
• Access to disability & life insurance.
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• DCA/FSA and access to 401k plan.

At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine‑learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world‑class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. Hopper has developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips.

The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. The Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and is popular among Gen‑Z and millennia ls travelers. Hopper has evolved into a travel fintech provider, commerce platform and global travel agency that powers some of the world’s largest brands.

Through HTS, our B2B division super‑charges partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end‑to‑end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada and many more.

Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital, is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world, and is named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company.

Come take off with us!