Do you want to substantially impact the future of Hopper's travel technology? We're hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our Hotel team and help us innovate the evolution of travel selling and booking technology. Hotel contributes to 70% of the company's overall revenue. As a Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for crafting, implementing, and deploying the sophisticated backend systems that power Hopper's award-winning user experience. We're seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team to help us grow and mature our hotel stack. Planning, investigating, or scoping out an upcoming project that you own. Writing code, reviewing code, and improving code. Learning about a new technical concept, service, or GCP feature that provides value to our team. While Hopper has a low-meeting culture (no one has more than 10 hours of meetings scheduled at the start of a week, including managers), we find value in regular meetings to discuss ongoing projects with the team and plan work for upcoming sprints. Proficient in Scala or other JVM languages (like Java), with demonstrated experience in a production setting. Solid understanding of system architecture, focusing on designing scalable and maintainable solutions. Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex, multi-month projects from inception to production. Committed to enhancing system quality and reliability, showcasing excellence in software engineering practices. Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options/ RSUs ~ Flexport All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend ~ Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business ~ 100% employer-paid telemedicine, medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans ~ At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper's mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips. Ranked the third largest online travel agency in North America, the Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials. In recent years, we've grown into a global travel agency and travel fintech provider that powers some of the world's largest brands. Through HTS , our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners' direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada and many more. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines with many more in the pipeline. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agency in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers. Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world.