Senior Backend Engineer – Lodging and Cars

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Carry out comprehensive technical integrations with external lodging, car rental, and GDS partners while navigating intricate communication protocols and distributed data schemas.

• Develop clean, efficient code in Scala or other JVM languages to maintain, enhance, and uphold stringent engineering standards for essential lodging services.

• Investigate and troubleshoot existing complex codebases to deeply analyze infrastructure and address production issues within a distributed system environment.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Operations to break down business requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines.

• Assume complete responsibility for the development lifecycle of new product features, from initial technical implementation and testing through to production deployment.

• Contribute to the architecture of highly resilient, low-latency services to guarantee a smooth booking experience for customers during peak loads.

• Engage in thorough code reviews and identify opportunities for enhancing scalability, performance, and overall system health.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong expertise in Scala or other JVM languages, such as Java or Kotlin, with an emphasis on constructing scalable, high-throughput services.

• A demonstrated history of managing the technical implementation, testing, and deployment of features within a microservices architecture.

• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and service communication methodologies, including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST.

• The capability to quickly onboard and navigate technical ambiguity by independently exploring and executing technical strategies within existing infrastructure.

• Exceptional communication skills and a proactive approach to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams in a remote-first setting.

• A professional interest in the travel tech sector and a commercial mindset focused on ensuring reliable booking fulfillment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Well-funded and established startup with ambitious goals, offering a competitive salary and benefits of pre-IPO equity packages.

• Hopper pays 100% of the premiums for the group insurance plan.

• Hopper provides life insurance along with short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) that covers eligible medical and dental expenses.

• All employees and their dependents have access to Dialogue’s telemedicine services, available anytime and anywhere.

• All employees can participate in an RRSP plan with automatic pre-tax deductions from each paycheck.

• Inquire about our exceptionally generous parental leave policy, which exceeds industry standards!

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Carrot Cash travel stipend.

• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk and a work-from-home stipend.

• An entrepreneurial culture where pushing boundaries and taking risks is part of everyday business.

• Open channels of communication with management and company leadership.

• Small, dynamic teams that create a significant impact.