Lead Engineer

A stellar opportunity to have a massive impact on the Hopper Fin-tech team! Join a rapidly growing company that is continuously redefining how people travel! The Fin-tech team at Hopper has played a massive part in helping to grow Hopper and more than doubling our valuation to $1B+ in the past year. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for many of the innovative products we offer users, such as trip and travel disruption protection. You will work alongside our world-class product and data teams to deliver the bleeding edge in personalized travel to an ever-growing user base!

In this role, you will:

• Lead new architecture and implementation for customer-facing products and app experiences
• Collaborate with team members across disciplines to define an inspiring product vision focused on our customers
• Work hands-on alongside a talented team of software engineers to rapidly deliver clean, fast, and scalable solutions in Scala, Swift, and Kotlin
• Collaborate with leadership to develop a culture promoting technical excellence
• Manage performance and development of a diverse team of engineers

An ideal candidate has:

• 2+ years experience managing 6-10 Backend, Frontend - Web and Mobile Engineers
• Recent hands-on experience coding and reviewing code, and designing systems and APIs
• Demonstrated experience architecting secure, reliable systems to power innovative in-app experiences at scale
• Successfully championed documentation, clean code, and testing practices to promote system reliability
• Managed technical debt and feature development to continuously deliver user value without compromising technical quality

Benefits:

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options
• Dynamic and entrepreneurial team where pushing limits is everyday business
• 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans
• Access to a 401k (US) or Retirement Savings Plan (Canada)

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