Senior Software Engineer - Backend, Flights

What would your day-to-day look like:

• Planning, investigating, scoping out an upcoming project that the flights team owns
• Writing code, reviewing code, or improving code
• Explore engineering improvements for the team and flights product 
• Working with our product operations team or product manager to talk through requirements to effectively implement a new feature
• Meeting with another developer on the flights team to discuss a new feature for project planning or pair programming

An ideal candidate has:

• 5+ years of professional full-time in software engineering with a focus on backend development
• Works well with and enjoys working in a product-focused company with a working history of owning features throughout the development life cycle
• Communicates well not only with developers but product management and operations teams
• Experience with and likes developing in a microservices environment
• Proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages, like Java
• Skilled in various service communication methods including gRPC, pub/sub, REST, SOAP
• Clear demonstration of leading and delivering complex, multi-month projects end to end
• Thrives working in technically complex industries like travel
• Professional background working in flights, specifically GDS (Global Distribution Systems)/NDC, or airline backend services

Perks of working with us:

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and upsides of pre-IPO equity packages
• Hopper covers 100% of the premiums for group insurance plan through Sun life Financial. Coverage includes:
• 80% on paramedical coverage
• 90% - 100% on prescription drugs
• 80% on minor/preventative dental
• 50% on major dental work, plus more
• 100% coverage for eye exams & reimbursement on vision care (glasses, contacts, etc.)
• Hopper offers life, short term and long term disability coverage through Sun Life Financial.
• HSA through Sun LIfe Financial that covers eligible medical and dental expenses.
• All employees and dependents have access to Dialogue’s telemedicine services, anytime, anywhere.
• All employees have access to an RRSP plan through Sun Life Financial with automatic pre-tax withdrawals per pay.
• Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!
• Unlimited PTO
• Carrot Cash travel stipend
• Flexdesk All Access Pass AND 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