Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack - Fintech Airlines - Europe; Remote - Ireland

About the job

The Fintech team is the engine behind Hopper's most innovative and high-margin products, such as Cancel for Any Reason and Disruption Assistance
. We are responsible for designing, building, and scaling the backend systems that power these proprietary fintech offerings, integrating them with some of the world's largest travel companies through our B2B platform,
HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions).

This role is central to 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 APAC and Enterprise airline 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 to handle uncertainty, ambiguity and the challenge of quickly evolving goals.
• Prior cloud experience.
• Working with Scala and/or React and its libraries.
• Prior airline/travel industry 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.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• Flexdesk All Access Pass & Work-from-home stipend.
• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
• Open communication with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

Note on Contractual Status: This position is offered as an Independent Contractor engagement (
Contract for Services
) and does not constitute an offer of direct employment. The successful candidate will operate as a self‑employed individual or through a Personal Service Company (PSC). You will be responsible for your own tax, PRSI, and VAT compliance in accordance with Irish Revenue Commissioners regulations. Engagement is contingent upon providing proof of valid business registration and appropriate professional indemnity insurance.

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