ABOUT THE JOB

HTS Media is Hopper’s advertising and media division, built to help travel brands, destinations, and suppliers connect with travelers at scale. We power advertising placements across Hopper’s app and through our B2B partner network, which includes global brands like Capital One Travel, TripAdvisor. Our platform gives advertisers measurable results, helping them capture more bookings and earn greater long-term value from their customers, while travelers get relevant offers that make trip planning better.
Our mission is to build the travel industry’s 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.
We’re still in the early stages of our roadmap, yet HTS Media has already become one of Hopper’s fastest-growing and most profitable business units. The engineering team plays a pivotal role in scaling the platform, ensuring our ad tech products deliver measurable impact for advertisers and seamless experiences for travelers.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS:

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical and leadership strength, ideally with background in advertising or large-scale platform development.

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3+ years managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Proven success building complex, distributed systems with high scalability and reliability requirements.
• Experience with ad tech, retail media, marketplace platforms, or large-scale data/ML-driven systems strongly preferred.
• Track record of partnering closely with product and business teams to deliver measurable outcomes, not just features.
• Ability to attract, mentor, and grow engineering talent, creating a culture of ownership and innovation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate at both executive and technical levels.
• Passion for shaping how technology transforms industries, with an interest in travel, marketplaces, or advertising.

• Partner with product and business leaders to define the roadmap, prioritize initiatives, and ship products that drive measurable value for advertisers and Hopper.
• Build a high-performance team culture, recruiting top engineering talent and developing existing team members into technical and organizational leaders.
• Establish engineering excellence, ensuring systems are robust, scalable, and designed for rapid iteration while meeting the demands of high-volume, high-visibility ad placements.
• Own cross-functional execution, working closely with data science, product, and sales to bring new ad formats and optimizations to life.
• Shape the future of travel retail media, innovating on how travel ads are delivered, measured, and monetized in ways that outperform traditional digital channels