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About the Role

Software Engineers at The Trade Desk are end-to-end owners who participate in designing, building, and delivering data-focused products. The company focuses on building the back-end infrastructure of its platform with an emphasis on quality at scale, developing client-facing applications, internal custom solutions, and model pipelines for bidding optimizations. The system operates globally, serving worldwide traffic and presenting unique technical challenges in distributed systems, large-scale data processing, machine learning, and advanced visualizations.

Responsibilities

Actively participate in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering products for clients.
Develop with a variety of platforms and technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab, AWS, Azure, Aliyun, .NET Core, Java, Scala, SQL Server, GraphQL.
Participate in design reviews and proof of concepts.
Contribute to solution design in line with the overall technical roadmap and industry best practices.
Work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers.
Address petabyte-scale data challenges.
Engage with machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces.
Mentor, provide technical leadership, and potentially manage small teams.
Welcome ideas different from your own and build from common ground to foster diversity.

Requirements

Commercial development skills in OO programming (C#, Java or C++) and design.
Cloud-based platform experience (AWS, Azure or Aliyun).
Excellent understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices.
Experience in Agile Scrum tools (such as Jira).
Understanding of designing web-based, service-oriented applications and integrated back-office systems.
Experience in distributed source control systems (such as Git).
Sustained track record of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large and impactful software projects.
Ability to think beyond the task at hand to understand the 'why'.
Understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to evaluate solutions from first principles.
Broadly skilled Technical Lead accustomed to developing web services.
Experience building always-on systems, working across a variety of technologies and service layers.
Product-focused mindset.
Passion and ability to contribute to discovering client needs and advancing the industry.
Work with confidence and without ego.
Deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership.
Strongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocacy for what is right.
Adept at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and supportive of teammates.
Value, seek out, and foster diversity.
Welcome ideas different from your own and skilled at finding and building from common ground.
Creative thinker, not bound by tradition.
Ability to learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using optimum tools.
Ability to invent answers to questions not yet asked.

Skills

Docker
Kubernetes
Gitlab
AWS
Azure
Aliyun
.NET Core
Java
Scala
SQL Server
GraphQL
C#
C++
Agile development methodology
Agile Scrum tools
Jira
Distributed source control
Git
Web services
Always-on systems

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff Engineer
Senior Engineer
Tech Lead

About the Company

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising.
Nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices.
Technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.
Advertising powers the content people love by making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, supporting trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide.
Brands and agencies rely on The Trade Desk to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
The scale of the platform brings unique technical challenges.
Impact is worldwide.
Welcomes diverse perspectives, encourages curiosity, and builds teams that learn from one another.
Driven to solve meaningful challenges.

Equal Opportunity

The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer.
All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
Does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Requests for accommodation or discussion of accessibility needs can be made to accommodations@thetradedesk.com.
Information shared for accommodations will be handled confidentially and will not impact hiring decisions.