What is a DevOps Engineer at Hopper?
A DevOps Engineer at Hopper plays a critical role in powering one of the world’s fastest-growing travel marketplaces. The company processes massive volumes of real-time data, complex financial transactions, and rapid search queries every second. To support this scale, the platform relies on a highly resilient, automated, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure. As a DevOps Engineer, you will not simply manage servers; you will build the core platform that enables software engineering teams to deploy and scale their microservices seamlessly.
The impact of this role is directly felt by millions of users who rely on Hopper to secure the best travel deals. By optimizing deployment pipelines, managing Kubernetes clusters, and architecting service meshes, you directly influence application performance, platform uptime, and developer velocity. You will work closely with software developers and system architects to design infrastructure that is as dynamic as the travel market itself.
At Hopper, the boundary between software engineering and system operations is highly fluid. The hiring team looks for candidates who possess a strong software development mindset. If you enjoy solving complex distributed systems problems, automating away operational toil, and designing infrastructure as code, this role offers an exceptionally challenging and rewarding environment.

