Mobile Engineer, LATAM - Remote

We're looking for an amazing Fullstack Mobile Engineer to join Hopper's new LatAm expansion team! Our team is responsible for creating a delightful experience for our Latin American users enabling the worldwide expansion Hopper had begun.In this role, you’ll be working mainly on the front-end components of our app, so we will be looking for individuals who have significant experience with Native development, and can autonomously develop great experiences for our users while working hand in hand with our Product team. You'll be able to propose innovative solutions for our projects that will impact millions of lives. <h3>In this Role you will:</h3> <ul> <li>Build innovative consumer experiences on iOS, Android, or through our proprietary backend-driven UI framework</li><li>Own the features from inception throughout their lifecycle including technical debt and testing</li><li>Collaborate with a team of talented engineers to develop innovative user experiences</li><li>Handle complex features that will cross system boundaries on the Mobile applications and our rich microservice system</li><li>Quickly prototype new ideas and run experiments to identify features that users love</li><li>Ideate and execute on big opportunities, helping Hopper rise to the top of the travel industry</li></ul> <h3>A perfect candidate has:</h3> <ul> <li>A strong background in Software Engineering ( 4 years +)</li><li>Thrived in native mobile technologies (Strong in one of the platforms (iOS / Android), and some knowledge and willingness to learn in the other.</li><li>A proven ability to build prototypes and take a data-driven approach to product development, testing and measuring new ideas very quickly</li><li>Excelled in cross-functional teams, working fluidly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Mobile Engineers, and other highly skilled specialists</li><li>Excellent written and spoken communication skills</li></ul> <h3>Our Tech Stack</h3> <ul> <li>We have a microservice architecture with over 200+ services</li><li>Mostly Scala on the backend with some Python and GoLang</li><li>Our UIs are Mobile first: Swift on iOS and Kotlin on Android</li><li>We mostly host our services on Google Cloud with some on-prem</li><li>We use things like HBase, Kafka, Pub/Sub, GCP Big Query, Cloud SQL, S3, Delos, Redis</li><li>GKE (K8), terraform</li><li>We are driven by data so Amplitude, Big Query, and Datadog will be your buddies</li></ul> <h3>Perks Of Working With Us</h3> <ul> <li>Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options</li><li>Unlimited PTO</li><li>WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend</li><li>An entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business</li><li>Open communication with management and company leadership</li><li>Small, dynamic teams = massive impact</li></ul>More about Hopper<br/>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.<br/>Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:<br/>- Hopper’s valuation is now over $5B, which is more than triple our valuation from early 2020.<br/>- According to Apptopia, Hopper was the #1 most downloaded OTA in the US in 2021. The app has over 70 million downloads.<br/>- 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.<br/>- 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!