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Hopper's Product Engineer roles sit at the intersection of travel technology and consumer product development, building the pricing, prediction, and booking systems used by millions of travelers. Hopper has a track record of sponsoring work visas for engineering talent, making it a realistic target if you need H-1B or Green Card sponsorship.
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Hopper's Fintech Foundation team sits at the centre of the company's mission: reshaping how more than 100 million monthly active users experience travel. It owns the pricing engine that balances customer demand against financial risk across dozens of partners — including Capital One, Air Canada, and Spirit Airlines. As an ML engineer on this team, you will directly shape how Hopper prices ancillary products in real time and at scale.
About The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Fintech Foundation team, you will design, build, and evolve the machine learning systems that power Hopper's pricing engine. Your work will have direct impact on revenue, financial risk management, and the customer experience across the full partner portfolio. You will work closely with the Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to deliver pricing solutions that are reliable, scalable, and oriented toward commercial outcomes.
What Would Your Day-to-day Look Like
- 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
An ideal candidate has
- 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
Perks And Benefits Of Working With Us
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
- 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!.
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
- 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.
More about Hopper
At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips. The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. The Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials. While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a travel fintech provider, commerce platform, and global travel agency that powers some of the world’s largest brands. Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada, and many more.
Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:
- Billions of dollars worth of travel and travel fintech are sold through Hopper and HTS’ channels every year.
- Our fintech products – including Cancel for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.
- Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; and consumers are 1.6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.
- Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 75% of the business.
- Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines and many more.
- Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company. Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agencies in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.
- Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. HTS is primed to continue its growth as the leading travel ecommerce provider in a $1 trillion online shopping category. The Hopper app and website will also continue to be the preferred travel provider for Gen Z and Millennials. Come take off with us!
Compensation Range: $110K - $300K
About The Team
Hopper's Fintech Foundation team sits at the centre of the company's mission: reshaping how more than 100 million monthly active users experience travel. It owns the pricing engine that balances customer demand against financial risk across dozens of partners — including Capital One, Air Canada, and Spirit Airlines. As an ML engineer on this team, you will directly shape how Hopper prices ancillary products in real time and at scale.
About The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Fintech Foundation team, you will design, build, and evolve the machine learning systems that power Hopper's pricing engine. Your work will have direct impact on revenue, financial risk management, and the customer experience across the full partner portfolio. You will work closely with the Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to deliver pricing solutions that are reliable, scalable, and oriented toward commercial outcomes.
What Would Your Day-to-day Look Like
- 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
An ideal candidate has
- 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
Perks And Benefits Of Working With Us
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
- 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!.
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
- 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.
More about Hopper
At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips. The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. The Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials. While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a travel fintech provider, commerce platform, and global travel agency that powers some of the world’s largest brands. Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada, and many more.
Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:
- Billions of dollars worth of travel and travel fintech are sold through Hopper and HTS’ channels every year.
- Our fintech products – including Cancel for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.
- Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; and consumers are 1.6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.
- Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 75% of the business.
- Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines and many more.
- Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company. Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agencies in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.
- Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. HTS is primed to continue its growth as the leading travel ecommerce provider in a $1 trillion online shopping category. The Hopper app and website will also continue to be the preferred travel provider for Gen Z and Millennials. Come take off with us!
Compensation Range: $110K - $300K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Product Engineer Jobs at Hopper Jobs
Frame your portfolio around travel tech problems
Hopper's product engineering work centers on fare prediction, dynamic pricing, and mobile-first booking flows. Tailor your portfolio to show systems you've built that handle real-time data pipelines, recommendation logic, or high-frequency consumer transactions before you apply.
Confirm sponsorship willingness before final interviews
Hopper sponsors H-1B and pursues Green Card pathways for engineering roles, but sponsorship intent can vary by team and headcount cycle. Raise it directly with the recruiter at the screening stage so you're not investing weeks in a process that stalls at offer.
Align your start date with H-1B cap timelines
If you need a cap-subject H-1B, USCIS registration opens in March and employment can begin October 1 at the earliest. When negotiating your offer with Hopper, build that gap into your proposed start date rather than leaving it ambiguous.
Prepare a degree equivalency letter early
Hopper's product engineering roles typically require a bachelor's in computer science or a related field. If your degree is from outside the U.S. or in a tangential discipline, get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved evaluator before your offer letter arrives to avoid delays in the H-1B petition.
Use Migrate Mate to surface open Hopper engineering roles
Hopper posts product engineering positions across multiple channels and hiring cycles. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for Hopper roles that include visa sponsorship, so you're applying to active openings rather than outdated listings.
Understand how PERM affects your Green Card timeline
EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship at Hopper requires PERM labor certification through the DOL, which can take a year or more before USCIS even receives your I-140 petition. Ask your hiring manager early whether the team has initiated PERM for this role category before.
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Does Hopper sponsor H-1B visas for Product Engineers?
Yes, Hopper sponsors H-1B visas for Product Engineer roles. Hopper operates as a registered employer and has filed H-1B petitions for engineering positions. If you're subject to the H-1B cap, your petition would be submitted in the annual March registration window, with work authorization beginning October 1 if selected. Confirming sponsorship with your recruiter at the screening stage is the most reliable way to avoid surprises later.
How do I apply for Product Engineer jobs at Hopper?
You can find and apply for Product Engineer roles at Hopper through their careers page or through Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for Hopper openings that include visa sponsorship. Applications typically go through an initial recruiter screen, followed by technical assessments focused on systems design and coding, then team-specific interviews. Tailoring your application to Hopper's travel technology stack, particularly around data-intensive or mobile consumer products, strengthens your candidacy.
What visa types does Hopper use to sponsor Product Engineers?
Hopper sponsors H-1B visas for Product Engineers requiring nonimmigrant work authorization. For longer-term pathways, Hopper pursues EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship, which involves PERM labor certification through the DOL followed by an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. The appropriate visa type depends on your current status, country of birth, and where you are in the sponsorship process. Both pathways require the role to qualify as a specialty occupation.
What qualifications does Hopper expect for Product Engineer roles?
Hopper's Product Engineer roles generally require a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field, which is also the threshold for H-1B specialty occupation classification. In practice, strong candidates bring experience with high-scale consumer systems, mobile platforms, or data-driven product features. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved evaluator is needed to establish equivalency for the visa petition.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship process take at Hopper?
For cap-subject H-1B petitions, the full timeline from USCIS registration in March to the earliest work start date of October 1 is roughly six months. If premium processing is used, USCIS adjudicates the petition within 15 business days of filing, though the October 1 start date still applies. Cap-exempt candidates, such as those transferring from another H-1B employer, can start sooner. Build this timeline into your offer negotiation with Hopper before signing.
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