Overview

Join a pioneer regional team in a globally established company that is continually redefining how people travel. Our APAC team was set up since mid-2021 as part of Hopper’s international expansion plans and we are looking for talented and motivated candidates to join us to be part of strategising and executing our ambitious plans.

The APAC team is responsible for reliably connecting our customers with diversified sources of travel inventory (Air, Hotel, Ground transportation) so that we can always offer the best possible deal. As Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for representing the Asia-Pacific travel customer by scaling and improving our feature set and operations.

You’ll work with a highly skilled team of technical, data and product-focused individuals, whose mission is to consistently find and deliver the best travel deals for our customers. Everything we do is focused on customer experience, data measurement and delivering value at speed, helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry – you’ll be responsible for making that a reality.

Responsibilities

  • Work with your teammates to improve their working knowledge of iOS best practices
  • Set code and performance standards through code reviews and participating in discussions
  • Build innovative user experiences end-to-endHelp evolve our mobile architecture to consistently improve development efficiency
  • Deliver your first code in days, iterating over the product in an agile way
  • Collaborate with a diverse group of people, giving and receiving feedback to foster growth

Preferred professional experiences

  • 6+ years professional experience, worked in cross-functional teams
  • Programming experience with Swift
  • Excellent CS knowledge, thorough understanding of modern mobile development practices
  • The ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table
  • Data-driven approach to product development, testing, and measuring new ideas very quickly
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

Bonus points if you possess

  • Backend programming experience building and managing multiple external API integrations or data heavy platforms
  • The ability to bring leading industry techniques and technologies to the table
  • Experience working with either GCP or AWS cloud offerings, and in traceability systems such as ELK

Benefits that Hopper provides

  • Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options
  • Unlimited PTO
  • $200 Carrot Cash annual travel stipend (available in most countries)
  • WeWork All Access Pass OR 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
  • Compensation for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance costs

More about Hopper

Despite the pandemic’s impact on the travel industry, Hopper has emerged stronger than ever. As the travel industry continues to rebound, Hopper has demonstrated significant outperformance with its category-leading mobile-only marketplace, delivering value to customers and supply partners with the company’s proprietary suite of fintech offerings.

Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:

– Hopper’s valuation is now over $5B, which is more than triple our valuation from early 2020.

– According to Apptopia, Hopper was the #1 most downloaded OTA in the US in 2021. The app has over 70 million downloads.

– Given the success of its travel fintech, Hopper recently launched a B2B initiative called Hopper Cloud, where any travel provider can unlock a totally unique revenue stream by seamlessly integrating and offering Hopper’s travel content and fintech products. Hopper Cloud partners include Capital One, Kayak, Marriott, Amadeus, Trip.com, and MakeMyTrip.

– And all this recent growth is just the beginning. There are still so many new opportunities we’re excited to tackle in the next year!