IT Operations Automation Engineer (100% Remote - Spain)

About the job

The IT Operations Automation Engineer is a technical solutions expert responsible for developing, facilitating, and overseeing automation for Hopper IT. This role requires a "first-principles" thinker who can deconstruct technical challenges into their base elements and rebuild them with automated logic to drive operational maturity.

What would your day-to-day look like

- Build and maintain critical automation platforms, such as an Automation Service Gateway, to standardize how services are exposed and secured within IT Operations.

- Proactively identify opportunities for automation and develop new processes following best practices for development, test, and implementation.

- Partner with stakeholders to replace manual workflows with scalable, compliance-driven systems.

- Provide Tier 2 and 3 support and troubleshooting, coordinating with vendors and internal teams when elevated support is required.

An ideal candidate has

- At least 4 years of experience in a similar role.

- Proven experience developing scripts in Python, Terraform, or Bash.

- Solid understanding of GCP, Okta (APIs and Orchestrator), and Google Workspace.

- Knowledge of professional best practices for the full SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management (GitHub), and build processes.


Perks and benefits of working with us:

- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary, upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.

- Hopper covers the cost of employee premiums for private medical and dental coverage.

- Hopper also offers private life and accident coverage.

- Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.

- Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.

- Unlimited PTO.

- Hopper offers a monthly cash allowances for gym memberships and to cover home

- office expenses for a comfortable remote working experience.

- Carrot Cash travel stipend.

- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.

- Open communication with management and company leadership.

- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

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