Senior Backend Ads Engineer - HTS Media Services

Hopper is a leading travel platform focused on connecting travelers with brands through its advertising and media division, HTS Media. The Senior Backend Ads Engineer will design and scale the advertising platform, ensuring high performance and reliability while tackling complex challenges in ad tech.

Responsibilities:

• Build the Core Engine: Design, develop, and deploy high-performance microservices for ad serving, targeting, and bidding
• Optimize for Scale and Speed: Obsess over system performance, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks to ensure our services meet stringent low-latency requirements
• Ensure High Availability: Build resilient, fault-tolerant systems and implement robust monitoring to maintain rock-solid reliability
• Drive Technical Excellence: Lead architectural discussions, conduct code reviews, and champion best practices in software development
• Collaborate for Impact: Partner closely with product managers, data engineers, and the rest of the engineering team to ship cohesive, high-impact features
• Mentor and Lead: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers on the team, helping to level up the entire organization

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on building distributed, backend systems
• Direct experience in ad tech or retail media is required. This includes familiarity with concepts like ad serving, real-time bidding, and ad campaign management
• Proven track record of designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency services in a cloud environment
• Strong experience with high-performance databases and caching systems
• Deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
• A strong sense of ownership and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where you can make a significant impact