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About the Role

Software Engineers at The Trade Desk are end-to-end owners involved in designing, building, and delivering data-focused products. Our system processes massive datasets in real time and operates reliably on a global scale, offering unique technical challenges and worldwide impact. We value diverse perspectives and encourage curiosity, aiming to solve meaningful challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deliver, and own full lifecycle development software from inception to production
• Demonstrate a firm grasp of the entire software development lifecycle
• Drive complex changes involving multiple components
• Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics, and monitoring
• Collaborate with team members to deliver features
• Guide and review changes to product features in line with product roadmaps
• Implement and maintain product features
• Build components and processes that are regularly used by others
• Build execution plans incorporating user data, observations, and market insight
• Validate changes to ensure high quality product releases
• Work in a distributed system environment
• Understand the business objectives behind the code
• Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning
• Participate in and lead projects with a high level of technical ambiguity
• Contribute to development of comprehensive success criteria
• Lead others through example, mentorship, teaching
• Participate in hiring activities
• Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency

Requirements

• Comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents
• Able to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences
• Solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals
• Passionate about building beautiful and seamless user interfaces
• Love for, and desire to advance, the state of the art of technology
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience building enterprise level services
• 7+ years of software development engineering experience
• Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in computer science or relevant engineering-related field or equivalent experience
• Ability to learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job
• Ability to invent answers no one has thought of yet and find answers to the questions yet to be asked

Skills

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Server-side languages (C#, Java, NodeJS, SQL)
• Front-end frameworks (React/Redux)

Location

• Global

Work Type

• Distributed
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7+ years of software development engineering experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or relevant engineering-related field or equivalent experience

About the Company

• The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising.
• Our 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, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide.
• The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
• The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale.
• When you work here, your impact is worldwide.
• We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another.
• We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Our culture is much deeper than just having fun together (though we do that well, too). We take pride in our engineers being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of excellence.

Equal Opportunity

• The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
• We do 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.
• Please reach out to us at accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process.
• When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions.
• Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions.