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Senior Backend Ads Engineer at Hopper | Toronto - Remote

HopperToronto - Remote
Remote Full-time

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Experience Level

Senior

Qualifications

ResponsibilitiesCore Engine Development: Design, develop, and deploy high-performance microservices for ad serving, targeting, and bidding. Performance Optimization: Focus on system performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to ensure our services adhere to strict low-latency standards. High Availability Assurance: Build resilient, fault-tolerant systems and implement comprehensive monitoring to maintain exceptional reliability. Technical Leadership: Lead architectural discussions, conduct code reviews, and advocate for best practices in software development.

About the job

About HTS Media

HTS Media serves as Hopper's dynamic advertising and media division, dedicated to facilitating connections between travel brands, suppliers, and travelers on a grand scale. We amplify advertising placements across Hopper's mobile application and through our extensive B2B partnerships, which feature renowned companies such as Capital One Travel and TripAdvisor. Our ambition is to establish the leading retail media network within the travel industry, transforming advertising into a significant profitability engine for Hopper and our collaborators, similar to the success seen by entities like Instacart, Uber, and Amazon.

Although we are in the formative phases of our roadmap, HTS Media has swiftly emerged as one of Hopper's most rapidly expanding and profitable business units. The engineering team plays a crucial role in the scaling of our platform, ensuring that our ad tech solutions yield quantifiable results for advertisers while providing seamless experiences for travelers.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the HTS Media team, you will be instrumental in developing the engine that fuels our advertising ecosystem. Your primary responsibilities will include designing, constructing, and optimizing high-throughput, low-latency services that manage ad requests, conduct auctions, and deliver millions of pertinent offers to travelers in real time. This is a pivotal role where your contributions will directly influence platform performance, the success of advertisers, and Hopper's financial outcomes.

You will confront intricate challenges inherent to the ad tech sector, from enhancing our real-time bidding (RTB) algorithms to guaranteeing millisecond response times even under substantial loads. As a technical leader, you will mentor fellow engineers, guide architectural decisions, and uphold the standards for producing high-quality, scalable code. If you are enthusiastic about architecting distributed systems that function at an extensive scale, this is the ideal opportunity for you.

About Hopper

Hopper is at the forefront of innovation in travel technology, with HTS Media spearheading our efforts to create a robust advertising platform that benefits both advertisers and travelers alike. Our commitment to excellence and growth is reflected in our rapidly expanding business footprint and our mission to redefine media within the travel space.

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