Senior Backend Ads Engineer

November 20

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

Although this job is listed in Massachusetts, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Hopper

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Travel • Technology

Hopper is a travel booking platform that offers a one-stop solution for planning trips, including flights, hotels, rental cars, and homes. The platform features advanced options such as price prediction, disruption assistance, and the Price Freeze™ feature, allowing travelers to secure deals and manage changes conveniently. Hopper is known for its mobile app availability on iOS and Android, providing a streamlined experience for its users. It serves millions of travelers worldwide, offering VIP support and various affiliate programs for partners.

201 - 500 employees

💰 $96M Venture Round on 2022-11

📋 Description

• 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages. • Unlimited PTO. • Carrot Cash travel stipend. • Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend. • Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!. • Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business. • Open communication with management and company leadership. • Small, dynamic teams = massive impact. • 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for employees. • Access to Disability & Life insurance. • Health Reimbursement Account (HRA). • DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan.