Senior Backend Software Engineer
- Design, build, and review code for our fraud and abuse backend platform.
- Iterate on features using Scala and technologies within GCP.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with the product team and other Hopper teams.
5 open remote positions
Hopper is on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally, leveraging data and machine learning to bring transparency and savings to travelers.
Seeking a senior backend software engineer with experience building scalable and robust systems to join our team. As part of a cross-functional team of exceptional engineers and product managers, you will develop new features and provide best-in-class support to help our partners scale their businesses.
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the HTS Media team, you will be a core contributor to the engine that powers our entire advertising platform. You will design, build, and scale the high-throughput, low-latency services that handle ad requests, run auctions, and serve millions of relevant offers to travelers in real-time. This is a mission-critical role where your work will directly impact platform performance, advertiser success, and Hopper’s bottom line.
As the foundational Data Engineer for HTS Media, you will own the data infrastructure that powers entire advertising business. Mission is to build a robust, scalable data foundation from the ground up that transforms this raw data into the trusted, high-quality datasets that power advertiser-facing reporting and enable future ML models. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of data, from building real-time data pipelines to modeling data in our warehouse for analytics and reporting.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring our rapidly scaling marketplace runs smoothly across currencies, geographies, and payment platforms. You’ll be responsible for managing global cash flow, optimizing liquidity, strengthening banking and payments infrastructure, and mitigating financial risk. This is a highly cross-functional role, interfacing with product, operations, finance, and external banking partners.