Hopper

3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Lodging and Cars

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Job Summary

Join the Lodging and Cars Supply team to build and scale a global lodging and cars ecosystem handling high-volume, real-time booking transactions. As a senior IC, you’ll own integrations with external lodging, cars, and GDS partners, write performant Scala/JVM services, troubleshoot distributed microservices in production, and collaborate with Product Managers and Operations to deliver resilient, low-latency booking fulfillment.

Location: Buenos Aires

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodging, cars, and GDS partners across complex protocols and distributed data schemas.
•Write clean, performant Scala/JVM code to maintain and evolve mission-critical lodging services.
•Explore and troubleshoot complex codebases to deep-dive into infrastructure and resolve distributed production issues.
•Partner with Product Managers and Operations to break down requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines.
•Take ownership of the full development lifecycle for new features, from implementation and testing through production deployment and code reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Travel AllowanceRemote Work

Key Requirements

•Strong proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin) to build scalable, high-throughput services.
•Experience owning technical implementation, testing, and deployment of features in a microservices architecture.
•Practical experience with distributed systems and service communication methods including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST.
•Ability to onboard quickly and handle technical ambiguity by exploring and executing technical plans within existing infrastructure.
•Strong communication skills and a bias for action to collaborate with cross-functional squads in a remote-first environment.

Experience:MicroservicesDistributed systemsTravel tech

Skills:CommunicationBias for actionSystem explorationOwnershipCross-functional collaboration

Tech Stack:ScalaJavaKotlinJVMMicroservicesGRPCPub/SubREST

Company Brief

Hopper

Hopper is a mobile-first travel marketplace and travel-tech provider (HTS) that uses machine learning and fintech ancillaries (Price Freeze, disruption protection) to power consumer bookings and white-label partner travel portals globally.

Industry: TravelTech

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 500M to 1B

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 2007

Glassdoor: 3.2

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Hopper

3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Lodging and Cars

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 5 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Buenos Aires

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodging, cars, and GDS partners across complex protocols and distributed data schemas.
•Write clean, performant Scala/JVM code to maintain and evolve mission-critical lodging services.
•Explore and troubleshoot complex codebases to deep-dive into infrastructure and resolve distributed production issues.
•Partner with Product Managers and Operations to break down requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines.
•Take ownership of the full development lifecycle for new features, from implementation and testing through production deployment and code reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Travel AllowanceRemote Work

Key Requirements

•Strong proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin) to build scalable, high-throughput services.
•Experience owning technical implementation, testing, and deployment of features in a microservices architecture.
•Practical experience with distributed systems and service communication methods including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST.
•Ability to onboard quickly and handle technical ambiguity by exploring and executing technical plans within existing infrastructure.
•Strong communication skills and a bias for action to collaborate with cross-functional squads in a remote-first environment.

Experience:MicroservicesDistributed systemsTravel tech

Skills:CommunicationBias for actionSystem explorationOwnershipCross-functional collaboration

Tech Stack:ScalaJavaKotlinJVMMicroservicesGRPCPub/SubREST

Company Brief

Hopper

Industry: TravelTech

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 500M to 1B

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 2007

Glassdoor: 3.2

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor