Stephen Pearson

Stephen Pearson is a Principal Software Engineer at Hopper, specializing in virtual interlining. With experience in Scala, Akka, Kafka, and Spark, Stephen has developed a robust skill set throughout their career. They previously held positions as a Lead Software Engineer at Quantium and as a Software Engineer for British Airways, where they notably saved the company £440k annually by redesigning a staff travel onload process. Stephen also contributed to a global pre-trade risk pricing system at UBS, focusing on service delivery and code optimization. They earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bath.