Senior Full Stack Product Engineer

Hopper•Washington, DC

1d•Remote

About The Position

Hopper's technology powers some of the largest travel portals in the world through its Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS) platform, a configurable, multi-tenant travel commerce engine enabling partners to launch hotel and travel booking experiences. This role is for a senior software engineer who builds great products and leverages AI to do so efficiently. The engineer will orchestrate agents, build feedback loops, and ship features end-to-end at an accelerated pace, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of LLMs. The role involves shipping features, improving the SDLC for peers, supercharging business intelligence, and unlocking new capabilities for millions of travel customers. This is a remote role.

Requirements

A natural drive to fearlessly dive into an unknown codebase and deliver results fast.
Strong product thinking — your conception of quality and architecture is anchored in the customer experience, not in technical elegance for its own sake.
The ability to direct AI agents and automated workflows to build and maintain complex systems, and the judgment to know when to step in and when to let them run.
Experience designing the guardrails and feedback loops that keep AI-assisted development productive and reliable.
Experience with, or a mastery-level willingness to learn, distributed system development in Scala.
The ability to articulate not just how you'd solve a problem, but why, and what tradeoffs you're accepting.
Backend: Scala, GCP services
Frontend: React + TypeScript
Stack-agnostic thinking; experience with Go, Python, Java, or similar languages is valued.

Responsibilities

Identify and execute improvements to the codebase that make it easier for both humans and AI agents to move fast and ship safely.
Work with a group of senior engineers in a low-process environment powered by trust and autonomy.
Drive decisions and consensus asynchronously with thoughtful documentation and specs.
Build new features from top to bottom — from UX to database. Ship fast. Learn fast. Repeat.
Architect scalable solutions and foundational patterns that let us efficiently launch new partner experiences.
Work directly with PMs and business partners to define and refine our roadmap.
Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback for growth.

Benefits

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 FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
Very 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.