Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hopper is a leading travel platform that aims to reshape the travel experience for over 100 million monthly active users. The Senior Software Engineer will design and build machine learning systems for Hopper's pricing engine, directly impacting revenue and customer experience by delivering reliable and scalable pricing solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement automated, reusable training pipelines to ensure consistent, scalable model delivery across the partner portfolio
- Build ETL pipelines with thoughtful feature engineering to guarantee clean, reliable inputs for pricing models
- Develop and deploy real-time ML pricing solutions to production, owning the full path from model to live environment
- Monitor production systems for latency, drift, and training-serving skew, optimising continuously to maintain model integrity
- Run champion-challenger tests on pricing and product construction levers to surface improvements and respond to shifting market conditions
- Partner with data scientists, engineers, and product stakeholders to translate business needs into well-scoped technical solutions
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in a similar role, ideally within production ML systems or large-scale pricing platforms
- Proficiency in Python, Scala, and SQL, applied to production ML systems rather than exploratory work
- Experience in data modelling, software architecture, and distributed data processing frameworks at scale
- Deep understanding of ML algorithms and when to apply them in the context of pricing, demand forecasting, or similar commercial domains
- Strong analytical instincts and attention to detail, with a track record of catching issues before they reach production
- A product mindset that keeps the customer outcome in view, even when the work is deeply technical
- Clear, collaborative communication skills that hold up across data science, engineering, and business stakeholder audiences
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Potentially a sign-on bonus and other potential incentives as per the "perks and benefits" section
- Unlimited PTO
- Carrot Cash travel stipend
- Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend
- Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!
- 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for employees
- Access to Disability & Life insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan
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