Hopper · 11 hours ago
Ads Data Engineer - HTS Media Services
Hopper is a leading travel platform that powers advertising placements through its B2B partner network. The Ads Data Engineer will own the data infrastructure for HTS Media, building scalable data pipelines and ensuring data integrity to support advertising reporting and future machine learning models.
AppsBig DataMobile AppsPredictive AnalyticsTravel
Responsibilities
Own the Data Architecture: Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable ETL/ELT pipelines to process high-volume advertising data
Build the Foundation: Develop and manage our analytical data warehouse, establishing it as the single source of truth for all reporting and analytics
Enable Insights: Create clean, reliable, and performant data models that power our advertiser reporting dashboards, internal analytics, and billing systems
Ensure Data Integrity: Implement robust data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure the accuracy and trustworthiness of our data
Collaborate and Empower: Work closely with the engineering and product teams to define data requirements and deliver the necessary data infrastructure to support new ad products and features
Prepare for the Future: Build the foundational data systems that will enable future ML-driven optimizations for audience targeting and performance prediction
Qualification
Required
4+ years of data engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of building and maintaining data infrastructure at scale
Expert-level proficiency in SQL and a programming language like Python or Scala for data processing
Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehousing solutions (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
Proven success building and operationalizing data pipelines using orchestration tools (e.g., SQLMesh, Airflow, dbt)
Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (e.g., Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, Kinesis)
Strong understanding of data modeling concepts and experience designing schemas for analytical workloads
Excellent communication skills and an ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
A strong sense of ownership and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture
Preferred
Experience with ad tech, retail media, or large-scale data systems is strongly preferred
Benefits
Unlimited PTO.
Carrot Cash travel stipend.
Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
Very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!
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.
Company
Hopper
Hopper is a travel app that uses predictive analytics to make travel recommendations.
H1B Sponsorship
Hopper has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2025 (6)
2024 (6)
2023 (20)
2022 (28)
2021 (15)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$729.68MKey Investors
Capital One VenturesGPI CapitalWestCap
2022-11-07Series Unknown· $96M
2022-02-02Secondary Market· $35M
2021-08-17Series G· $175M
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