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Senior Full-Stack Ads Engineer - HTS Media Services


Company : Hopper


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-04-17


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About HTS Media HTS Media is Hoppers advertising and media division, built to help travel brands, destinations, and suppliers connect with travelers at scale. We power advertising placements across Hoppers app and through our B2B partner network, which includes global brands like Capital One Travel and TripAdvisor. Our mission is to build the travel industrys leading retail media network, turning advertising into a major driver of profitability for Hopper and our partners, much like Instacart, Uber, and Amazon have done in their sectors. Were still in the early stages of our roadmap, yet HTS Media has already become one of Hoppers fastestgrowing and most profitable business units. The engineering team plays a pivotal role in scaling the platform, ensuring our adtech products deliver measurable impact for advertisers and seamless experiences for travelers. About The Role As a Senior FullStack Engineer on the HTS Media team, you will be a key driver of innovation for our advertising products. Your core mission will be to build and test new ad experiences, owning the technology that delivers these features to travelers across the web. You will use Hopper''s own website as an innovation lab, rapidly implementing and iterating on new ad formats and features to prove their effectiveness. You will then help package these successful innovations for our B2B partners by developing userfacing ad products, contributing to our JavaScript SDK, and building the robust APIs that power everything. This role requires a productmindful engineer who is passionate about creating seamless user experiences and comfortable working across the full technology stack, from clientside rendering to backend API logic. Responsibilities Innovate on Ad Products: Lead the development of new ad features and formats, from concept to execution. Build on Hopper.com: Implement and test new ad experiences on Hoppers website, serving as the proving ground for features that will be scaled to our partners. Develop Core APIs: Design, build, and maintain the scalable APIs that serve ad content, handle user interactions, and collect performance metrics. Contribute to Partner Integrations: Apply your expertise to the development of our clientside JavaScript SDK, helping our partners seamlessly integrate HTS Media ad products. Drive Technical Excellence: Set the standard for highquality code, performance, and reliability for all our webfacing technologies. Collaborate and Mentor: Work closely with product, design, and other engineers to ship highimpact solutions and provide technical guidance to the team. Experience 5+ years of experience in fullstack development, with a proven track record of building and shipping complex, userfacing web applications. Expertise in a modern backend language (e.g., Python, Node.js, Go) and a modern frontend framework (e.g., React, Vue, Svelte). Deep proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and a strong understanding of the web ecosystem (browsers, performance, security). Strong experience designing and building robust APIs. A productcentric mindset with a passion for building delightful and impactful user experiences. Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, fastpaced environment. Perks And Benefits Of Working With Us Wellfunded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and upsides of preIPO equity packages. Hopper covers 100% of the premiums for group insurance plan. Hopper offers life, shortterm and longterm disability coverage. HSA that covers eligible medical and dental expenses. All employees and dependents have access to Dialogues telemedicine services, anytime, anywhere. All employees have access to an RRSP plan with automatic pretax withdrawals per pay. Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards. Unlimited PTO. Carrot Cash travel stipend. Access to coworking space on demand through FlexDesk AND Workfromhome 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 Hoppers 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 worldclass travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. The Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials. Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering endtoend travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada, and many more. Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agencies in North America, and 70% of our app customers are GenZ and millennial travelers. #J-18808-Ljbffr