Principal Software Engineer - Hotels / Commercial Enablement

About the job 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

• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact #posttoexternal

Industry, Engineering, Management, Access, Access, Architecture, Planning, Ontwikkeling, Security, Service, Production, Infrastructure, Verzekeringen, Lead, Power, Reliability, Systemen

• 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
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact #posttoexternal

Industry, Engineering, Management, Access, Access, Architecture, Planning, Ontwikkeling, Security, Service, Production, Infrastructure, Verzekeringen, Lead, Power, Reliability, Systemen