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The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What we do&nbsp;&nbsp; At The Trade Desk, we believe that each opportunity to engage with all internal and external stakeholders is unique. This means you will have the opportunity, based on your interests and background, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces – to name a few. Our system performs all day, every day, serving global traffic. We build distributed systems in a highly collaborative environment, utilizing a broad range of technologies to solve algorithmic, optimization, and scale challenges. What you’ll do: As a Senior Engineer on this team, you will lead the design and evolution of our feed definitions, ensuring they remain performant across a complex multi-cloud environment. You will tackle the challenge of unifying diverse ingest and egress paths while maximizing code reusability and minimizing latency—even as data volumes surge. Beyond the code, you will empower stakeholders by driving self-service provisioning and increasing the flexibility of our platform. You will also play a key role in our culture, fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are welcomed to build better technical solutions. Who you are: 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. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role. You have 7+ years of software development and engineering experience. You have experience using Vertica, Snowflake or Databricks (or similar data platform technologies) You have experience in the following nice-to-have areas: building microservices, Cloud, Kubernetes, and Kafka. You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents. You can communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences. You have a solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals. You have strong experience working with distributed systems. You have expertise in a backend programming language such as C#, Java, or Python. Variety of technical opportunity is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. &nbsp; The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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. #LI-AD1CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as sales-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $124,900&mdash;$228,900 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Senior Software Engineer - Data & Distributed Systems

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers –– and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk! WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We're looking for a seasoned pharma media and advertising expert to serve as the product owner for The Trade Desk's Pharma vertical. You bring deep, firsthand knowledge of how pharmaceutical brands plan, buy, and measure media and you're ready to translate that expertise into platform capabilities that redefine what the Trade Desk can do for healthcare advertisers.&nbsp; This is not a generalist PM role. You know the pharma media ecosystem from theinside-out: HCP and DTC campaign workflows, health-native DSPs, specialized data partnerships, and the highly complex regulatory frameworks that underpin the industry. You've worked alongside brand teams, agency holding groups, and health data partners, and you understand the nuance of reaching both patientsand providers at scale within a tightly regulated environment.&nbsp; If you thrive at the intersection of deeply regulated industries and cutting-edge adtechnology, this role was built for you. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING- Own the product vision and roadmap for pharma and health media capabilities across The Trade Desk platform, including HCP targeting audience activation workflows, and integrations with health-native DSPs and data partners.- Serve as the primary product owner for complex integrations with health-native DSPs and specialized health data platforms, ensuring seamless activation, measurement, and reporting for pharmaceutical advertisers.- Partner with pharma brand teams, agency trading desks (including health-specialist agencies), and data partners to identify capability gaps and translate them into scalable product requirements.- Define and drive requirements for HCP audience segmentation, measurement, health identity workflows, and data partnerships across The Trade Desk's ecosystem.- Build and operationalize compliance frameworks specific to pharmaceutical advertising in close partnership with Legal, Privacy, and Policy teams.- Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to design back-end systems, APIs, and data architectures that support health-specific data ingestion, identity resolution, and measurement pipelines while embedding privacy-by-design principles.- Lead cross-functional alignment across product, engineering, data science, legal, and commercial teams to deliver pharma capabilities that are bothtechnically rigorous and commercially differentiated.- Develop frameworks to optimize for the most salient pharma KPIs (such as HCP reach and frequency, patient journey analytics, etc), in partnership withhealth data providers and internal teams.- Anticipate regulatory shifts and proactively advise on product strategy and compliance readiness as the health privacy landscape evolves.- Represent The Trade Desk externally with pharma clients, agency partners, and health data ecosystems as a credible product and industry voice andregularly intake feedback to inform future product roadmap and strategy. WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE- 10+ years of experience in pharma media and advertising, with deep hands-on expertise across HCP and DTC campaign strategy, planning, buying, or product, at a pharmaceutical brand, health-specialist agency, health data company, or ad tech platform serving the pharma vertical.- Comprehensive knowledge of the health media ecosystem and the data partnerships, targeting workflows, and measurement approaches specific topharmaceutical advertisers.- Proven experience managing complex product integrations with health-native DSPs and specialized health data platforms.- Strong working knowledge of the regulatory and compliance landscape governing pharmaceutical advertising: HIPAA, NAI health data guidelines,FDA promotional requirements, and emerging state health privacy frameworks.- Technical fluency sufficient to partner credibly with engineering teams onAPI design, data pipeline architecture, identity resolution, and access controlmodels.- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional alignment across product, legal, commercial, and engineering stakeholders in ambiguous, fast-movingenvironments.- Exceptional communication skills! Able to translate pharma industry requirements into engineering specifications, and complex technicalconstraints into business-friendly narratives for brand and agency clients. The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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. [LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652. [SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $137,300&mdash;$251,800 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Staff Product Manager, Pharma

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers –– and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk! Who We're Looking ForThis is a senior, high-visibility role. We're looking for a rare operator: someone who has spent 15+ years at the intersection of digital media, adtech/martech, and healthcare, with at least 10of those years deep in pharmaceutical and health media.&nbsp; As Principal PM for Health &amp; Pharma, you'll set the multi-year product strategy for one of The Trade Desk's highest-priority verticals. You'll architect the platform capabilities, partnerships, and compliance posture that make TTD the definitive buy-side platform for healthcare advertisers globally.This is not a generalist role. Not only do you know the pharma media ecosystem from the inside out: HCP and DTC campaign workflows, health-native DSPs, specialized data partnerships, andthe regulatory frameworks that underpin the industry, but you've operated at scale across brand teams, agency holding groups, and health data partners. You are considered a thought leader inthe industry and you will leverage your experience and industry knowledge to help to shape The Trade Desk’s multi-year product strategy. &nbsp; &nbsp; What You'll Be DoingProduct Strategy &amp; Vision Define and own the multi-year product strategy for TTD's Health &amp; Pharma vertical, spanning HCP targeting, DTC activation, health identity, measurement, and complianceinfrastructure. Identify and prioritize white-space opportunities across the health advertising ecosystem, including emerging formats and channels (retail health, connected devices, CTV inhealth contexts). Set the strategic direction for how TTD competes and wins against health-native DSPs, positioning the platform as the premium choice for regulated healthcare advertisers. Influence enterprise-level product decisions and resource allocation by building the business case for health vertical investments with the exec team.Platform &amp; Ecosystem Ownership Own end-to-end product vision for HCP audience segmentation, health identity resolution, measurement pipelines, and integrations with health data platforms andhealth-native DSPs. Drive the architecture of compliance and privacy frameworks governing pharmaceutical advertising across TTD's platform, in close partnership with Legal, Privacy, and Policy.  Define technical requirements for back-end systems, APIs, and data pipelines supporting health-specific data ingestion, identity resolution, and measurement -- withprivacy-by-design embedded at the foundation. Lead product integration strategy on the Product side, working with our Data Partnerships team, for new health data partnerships, acquisition targets, and ecosystemalliances.Cross-Functional &amp; Organizational Leadership Lead and align senior stakeholders across product, engineering, data science, legal, commercial, and executive leadership on the health vertical roadmap and itsdependencies. Serve as the internal authority on the regulatory landscape governing pharmaceutical advertising such as HIPAA, FDA promotional guidelines, NAI health data standards, andevolving state privacy frameworks, and proactively shape TTD's posture as the landscape shifts. Act as a force multiplier across commercial teams: enabling solutions, business development, and partnerships to engage pharma clients with product credibility anddepth.External Influence &amp; Industry Leadership Represent TTD at the highest levels with pharma brand leadership, agency holding groups, health data partners, and industry bodies as a recognized product and thoughtleader. Shape how the industry evolves: contribute to working groups, standards bodies, and public policy conversations on health data, privacy, and pharmaceutical advertising. Cultivate a continuous external feedback loop with key pharma accounts and partners to stay ahead of market shifts and translate signals into roadmap priorities. Build TTD's brand in the pharma and health media community through speaking, publishing, and relationship-building with senior stakeholders across the ecosystem. &nbsp; &nbsp; What You Bring to the Table 15+ years of experience in digital media, adtech, or martech, with at least 8 of those years in healthcare media and marketing -- spanning pharmaceutical advertising, HCPand DTC strategy and execution, health data platforms, or adtech serving the healthcare vertical. This must be hands-on, practitioner-level expertise, not peripheral exposure. Demonstrated track record of defining and delivering platform-level products or strategies that created measurable competitive differentiation in health or pharma media. Deep working knowledge of the health media data landscape: health-native DSPs, specialty health data providers (IQVIA, Symphony Health, Veeva, etc.), NPI-level HCPaudiences, and health identity resolution. Expert-level understanding of the regulatory environment governing pharmaceutical advertising: HIPAA, HITECH, FDA promotional guidelines (OPDP), NAI health datastandards, and state-level health privacy laws. Technical fluency to engage credibly with engineering on API design, data pipeline architecture, identity graphs, and reporting/analytics. Proven ability to operate and influence at the executive level internally and with senior client and partner stakeholders externally.  Exceptional communication and storytelling skills: you can translate complex regulatory constraints into product requirements, and intricate technical architectures into narrativesthat land with C-suite audiences on both sides. &nbsp; Nice to Have Active participation in industry forums such as Pharma Marketing Network, DTC National, eyeforpharma, or similar health advertising communities. Familiarity with FDA/FTC enforcement actions or regulatory guidance updates as they relate to pharma ads industry. The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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. [LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652. [SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $243,800&mdash;$304,700 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Principal Product Manager, Pharma

Job Title: Software Engineer II Location:&nbsp; 10770 NE 8th St., Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004 *Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in Bellevue, WA. Job Duties: Develop new features for and improve the quality of The Trade Desk’s real-time bidding software. Design, build, deliver, and own full lifecycle development software from inception to production. Drive complex changes involving multiple components across our bidding infrastructure. Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics, and monitoring. Validate changes in The Trade Desk’s bidding software as part of a regular release process. Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning. Participate in hiring activities and mentorship within the team. Participate in the interview hiring process by conducting pre-selected technical interview questions and sharing results with the hiring manager. Collaborate in code review and design review of fellow software engineers. Position does not involve supervisory or managerial responsibilities or planning or assigning work to other employees. Salary: $151,400 - $227,000/year Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field. Position requires working knowledge of the following skills gained through coursework or experience: soft real-time distributed systems; one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++; software development code editors with one more of the following: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider, and version control systems (Git, Perforce); working in large scale code bases with ambiguous goals and multiple stakeholders; operating systems fundamentals; profiling and analyzing memory dumps to optimize latency sensitive systems; and using SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, or a similar RDBMS in a performance-sensitive context. &nbsp; #DNI #LI-DNSCO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $151,400&mdash;$227,000 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Software Engineer II

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What we do&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who have the opportunity to participate in many aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products for our stakeholders. &nbsp; At The Trade Desk, we believe in building the back-end infrastructure of our platform with a focus on quality at scale. This means whether we are building parts of our client-facing applications, internal custom solutions for our own team members, or model pipelines for bidding optimizations, we are making sure that we have infrastructure, development, and tools to do it right and efficiently.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. We build a distributed system in a highly collaborative environment, utilizing a broad range of technologies. Our back-end developers work on finding solutions to algorithmic, optimization and scale challenges in everything we do.&nbsp;&nbsp; What you’ll do:&nbsp; Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:&nbsp; You will participate actively in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering products for our clients. Develop with a variety of platforms and technologies, such 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 our overall technical roadmap and industry best practices. We have dozens of individual, mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces – to name a few. Staff Engineers contribute to more than our product – they build up our team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, and/or direct management of small teams, they make others better and raise the bar for those around them. We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.&nbsp; Who you are:&nbsp; 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 system (such as Git)Key Attributes You have a sustained track record of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large and impactful software projects. You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' behind what you are doing.You understand engineering fundamentals. At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You are able to work from first principles to evaluate solutions and adapt them to a unique environment. You are a broadly skilled Technical Lead accustomed to developing web services. You have experience building always-on systems, working across a variety of technologies and service layers. You have a product-focused mindset.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have the passion and ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our clients and push forward one of the world’s largest and most influential industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making. You work with confidence and without ego. Our senior engineers (Tech Leads) have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their daily work. You have strongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right. You are also adept at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and quick to walk through fire to support your fellow teammates. You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from common ground.You are a creative thinker, not bound by "the way things have always been done". What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. Variety of technical opportunity is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. &nbsp; The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Staff Software Engineer

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What we do&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who will participate in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products for our stakeholders. &nbsp; At The Trade Desk we believe that each opportunity to engage with all internal and external stakeholders is unique. This means&nbsp;you will have the opportunity, based on your interests and background, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces – to name a few.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. It’s important we focus on quality at scale in an agile environment that is based on collaboration, ownership, and trust. Our software engineering teams fully own their charter to work on long term roadmaps while enhancing existing features or tools and continuously gaining efficiency.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. It’s important we focus on quality at scale in an agile environment that is based on collaboration, ownership, and trust. Our engineering managers are there to build trust with our talented engineers, to understand their strengths and weaknesses and to ensure they are motivated and productive, all the while having fun and enjoying every day. &nbsp; What you’ll do:&nbsp; Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:&nbsp; About the Role: The High-Performance Computing team powers core bidding platform by supplying large amounts of user and graph data, ensuring data availability, freshness and quality. You will be working on system-level optimization in throughput and network bandwidth as well as applying creative probabilistic algorithms to support future scale of user targeting data. You will be responsible for ensuring health and scalability the user data infrastructure of as our platform evolves. We expect our engineers to be end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all aspects of software lifecycle, including research, experimentation, architecture, coding, quality assurance, monitoring, maintenance, continuous optimization and automation. We have dozens of mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of&nbsp;servers&nbsp;in cloud and&nbsp;physical data centers&nbsp;around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges,&nbsp;machine learning,&nbsp;advanced visualizations, and&nbsp;interactive user interfaces&nbsp;– to name a few. Senior Engineers contribute to more than our product –&nbsp;they build up our team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, and/or direct management of small teams, they make others better and raise the bar for those around them. We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.&nbsp; Who you are:&nbsp; 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. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role:&nbsp; Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6+ years’ professional experience in high impact software development environment Hands-on experience with a variety of&nbsp;platforms&nbsp;and technologies: .NET Core &amp;&nbsp;C#, Java, Linux, Networking, Streaming Systems, NoSQL databases, Distributed Systems A candidate with deep expertise at the intersection of distributed system, high-performance computing, math and advertising, ideally someone who has built large-scale distributed systems and understands ads ecosystem. Be responsible for planning and execution of initiatives, guiding and assigning work for other team members, but not necessarily as a people manager. Understanding of&nbsp;Agile development methodology&nbsp;and&nbsp;development&nbsp;practices. You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have. Key Attributes: You understand engineering fundamentals and think from first principles.&nbsp;At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You&nbsp;must evaluate specific solutions for specific problems. You have proven records of building distributed systems that are always online. You work with confidence and without ego, hold defensible ideas and advocate for what you believe is right. You are also adept at identifying and&nbsp;evaluating&nbsp;trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and support your fellow teammates. You value, seek out, and foster diversity.&nbsp;We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. You are a creative thinker, ready to learn and innovate, and not bound by "the way things have always been done". Variety of technical opportunities is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. &nbsp; The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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. #LI-AD1CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $124,900&mdash;$228,900 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Sr Software Engineer - High Performance Computing

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What we do&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who have the opportunity to participate in many aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products for our stakeholders. &nbsp; At The Trade Desk, we believe in building the back-end infrastructure of our platform with a focus on quality at scale. This means whether we are building parts of our client-facing applications, internal custom solutions for our own team members, or model pipelines for bidding optimizations, we are making sure that we have infrastructure, development, and tools to do it right and efficiently.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. We build a distributed system in a highly collaborative environment, utilizing a broad range of technologies. Our back-end developers work on finding solutions to algorithmic, optimization and scale challenges in everything we do.&nbsp;&nbsp; What you’ll do:&nbsp; Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:&nbsp; Design, build, deliver,&nbsp;and own full lifecycle development software from&nbsp;inception&nbsp;to production&nbsp;&nbsp; Own and drive large initiatives, including planning and organizing work Drive complex changes involving multiple components Deliver quality changes, including automated tests,&nbsp;metrics,&nbsp;and monitoring Collaborate with team members to deliver features Develop product roadmaps Implement and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;product features Build components and processes that are&nbsp;regularly used&nbsp;by others Build execution plans incorporating user data,&nbsp;observations,&nbsp;and market insight Validate changes to ensure high quality product releases Work in a distributed system environment Understand the business&nbsp;objectives&nbsp;behind the code Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning Lead projects with&nbsp;a&nbsp;high level&nbsp;of technical ambiguity Contribute to development of comprehensive success criteria Lead others through example, mentorship, teaching, and/or participate in hiring activities Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency&nbsp; We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.&nbsp; Who you are:&nbsp; 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. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role: You have&nbsp;11+&nbsp;years of software development engineering experience. You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents. You are able to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences. You have a solid understanding of computer science&nbsp;and engineering&nbsp;fundamentals. You have&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;working with distributed systems. You are&nbsp;proficient&nbsp;in one or more of the following programming languages:&nbsp;C#, Java, C, C++,&nbsp;Python,&nbsp;SQL, or Scala. You have some knowledge of software development code editors: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider,&nbsp;and version control systems (Git, Perforce). You have&nbsp;a&nbsp;track record&nbsp;of leading and completing projects with&nbsp;a high level&nbsp;of technical ambiguity and contributing to professional growth of peers. You have additional nice-to-have experience that is not required in the following areas: database engines (Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, Aerospike, Vertica, Redis), building micro-services, operating systems and cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka. You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have. Variety of technical opportunity is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. &nbsp; The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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. #LI-AD1CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $137,300&mdash;$251,800 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Staff Software Engineer - Bidding Scale and Performance

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What you'll do: Own and ship a meaningful project, end-to-end.&nbsp;We believe strongly in ownership at The Trade Desk, and we are committed to you having something substantial to show for your time here that will make a positive impact for the team Receive&nbsp;one-on-one mentorship&nbsp;from an experienced software engineer Collaborate with a globally connected team&nbsp;of engineers, interns &amp; other teams and departments in cities across the world Work with new technologies&nbsp;across a wide spectrum of computer science, including: distributed systems,&nbsp;petabyte-scale data processing,&nbsp;machine learning/AI, and&nbsp;UI/UX&nbsp; You might be a great fit for a Software Engineer internship at The Trade Desk if you: Are&nbsp;fluent in one or more modern object-oriented programming languages Have a&nbsp;firm grasp on basic&nbsp;data structures&nbsp;and&nbsp;algorithmic techniques Are a&nbsp;quick and self-directed learner. We provide close support and mentorship, but you will have ownership over the design, plan, and implementation of what you build. Are enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program Are expected to&nbsp;graduate between Autumn 2026 and Summer 2027 Please note, this role is based in our&nbsp;Toronto office.&nbsp; You need to be available working 3 days in person in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you&nbsp;want to work on a meaningful and impactful project that makes a difference?&nbsp;Are you&nbsp;eager to innovate?&nbsp;Do you want&nbsp;unique, large-scale, and highly complex challenges&nbsp;involving technology that is brand-new to you? What and how you can contribute is what’s important to us. Our consideration is not limited by the kind of education you have or the specific technologies you have experience with. We care about having good people to pitch in. Our culture is creative, energetic, and collaborative. Those aren’t perks – those are just the way we do business. The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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.Ontario residents only: In accordance with Ontario law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions.At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $38&mdash;$40 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

2026 Toronto Software Engineering Internship

WHAT WE DO The Customer Success Excellence (CSX) team is The Trade Desk's customer-focused engineering team which takes on high value, measurable, tactical feature work across our platform to capture positive financial outcomes and improve external relationships. We own the full arc from identifying opportunities to delivering solutions that moves the business. As a Lead Senior Software Engineer, you will be a technical as well as a people leader within CSX - shaping how we scope, plan, and ship high-value work across The Trade Desk platform. This is a hybrid role where you will balance your time between design, coding and driving technical direction, while also managing a team of engineers and facilitating the agile practices that keep delivery sharp and sustainable. WHAT YOU'LL DO Technical leadership Demonstrate strong full-stack engineering skills and deliver high-quality, production-ready software. Act as an active reviewer in design and code reviews, raising the technical bar for the team. Shape technical approaches for complex, ambiguous problems and help engineers make sound design and implementation choices. Translate customer pain points and operational bottlenecks into well-scoped engineering work with clear, measurable goals. Communicate trade-offs, risks, and technical decisions clearly to product, business, and engineering stakeholders. People leadership &amp; management Manage a small team of engineers, holding regular 1:1s and leading performance and growth conversations. Give candid, constructive feedback that helps people grow while maintaining trust and psychological safety. Invest in career development by helping engineers build and execute on clear growth plans. Foster an inclusive, collaborative team culture that values diverse perspectives and shared ownership. Build trust through consistency: follow through on commitments, surface blockers early, and keep the work moving. Navigate ambiguity by proposing pragmatic paths forward for underspecified customer or operational problems and aligning stakeholders. Represent the team in cross-functional discussions, ensuring shared understanding of priorities, timelines, and risks. WHO YOU ARE You have 8+ years of full-stack experience with excellent engineering fundamentals. You can dive into code and systems design, raise the technical bar through thoughtful reviews, and make pragmatic trade-offs that balance quality, speed, and risk. You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in computer science or relevant engineering-related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have. You have a track record of leading small, high-performing engineering teams while also making significant, end-to-end individual contributions to complex software projects. You think beyond the immediate task to deeply understand the customer and business “why” behind the work. You are a driver. You bring structure and momentum to ambiguous customer and operational problems, shaping them into clear, measurable engineering goals and ensuring the team ships high-value work consistently. You are customer-obsessed. You naturally translate customer pain points, operational bottlenecks, and financial opportunities into scoped engineering work that has measurable business impact. You communicate with clarity and candor. You can explain technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks to engineers, product partners, and business stakeholders in language that builds alignment and trust. You are an empathetic people leader. You invest in your engineers’ growth, give direct but caring feedback, and create the psychological safety needed for honest discussion, healthy disagreement, and shared ownership. You are comfortable managing both the work and the team. You run effective 1:1s, guide performance and growth conversations, and support engineers in building and executing on clear development plans. You foster an inclusive, collaborative culture. You seek out diverse perspectives, invite challenge to your own ideas, and optimize for the best outcome for the team and the business—not for individual credit. You navigate ambiguity with confidence. When problems, requirements, or stakeholder inputs are underspecified, you propose pragmatic paths forward, surface trade-offs, and drive toward decisions. You are execution-focused and reliable. You follow through on commitments, surface blockers early, and are known as someone who can be trusted to keep critical work moving across teams and functions. CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $124,900&mdash;$228,900 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

Lead Senior Full‑Stack Software Engineer, Rapid Customer Enablement

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally. What we do&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who have the opportunity to participate in many aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products for our stakeholders. &nbsp; At The Trade Desk, we believe in building the back-end infrastructure of our platform with a focus on quality at scale. This means whether we are building parts of our client-facing applications, internal custom solutions for our own team members, or model pipelines for bidding optimizations, we are making sure that we have infrastructure, development, and tools to do it right and efficiently.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. We build a distributed system in a highly collaborative environment, utilizing a broad range of technologies. Our back-end developers work on finding solutions to algorithmic, optimization and scale challenges in everything we do.&nbsp;&nbsp; What&nbsp;you’ll do:&nbsp; Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:&nbsp; Design, build, deliver,&nbsp;and own full lifecycle development software from&nbsp;inception&nbsp;to production&nbsp;&nbsp; Demonstrate a firm grasp of the entire software development lifecycle&nbsp;&nbsp; Drive complex changes involving multiple components&nbsp;&nbsp; Deliver quality changes, including automated tests,&nbsp;metrics,&nbsp;and monitoring&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Collaborate with team members to deliver features&nbsp;&nbsp; Guide and review changes to product features in line with product roadmaps&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implement and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;product features&nbsp;&nbsp; Build components and processes that are&nbsp;regularly used&nbsp;by others &nbsp; Build execution plans incorporating user data,&nbsp;observations,&nbsp;and market insight &nbsp; Validate changes to ensure high quality product releases&nbsp;&nbsp; Work in a distributed system environment&nbsp;&nbsp; Understand the business&nbsp;objectives&nbsp;behind the code&nbsp;&nbsp; Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in and lead&nbsp;projects with&nbsp;a high&nbsp;level&nbsp;of technical ambiguity &nbsp; Contribute to development of comprehensive success criteria&nbsp; Lead others through example, mentorship, teaching&nbsp; Participate in&nbsp;hiring activities&nbsp; Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency &nbsp; We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.&nbsp; Who you are:&nbsp; 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. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role: You have 7+ years of software development engineering experience. You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents. &nbsp; You are able to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences. &nbsp; You have a solid understanding of computer science&nbsp;and engineering&nbsp;fundamentals.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;working with distributed systems.&nbsp;&nbsp; You are&nbsp;proficient&nbsp;in one or more of the following programming languages:&nbsp;C#, Java, C, C++,&nbsp;Python,&nbsp;SQL, or Scala.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have some knowledge of software development code editors: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider,&nbsp;and version control systems (Git, Perforce).&nbsp; You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s&nbsp;level degree in computer science or relevant engineering-related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have.&nbsp; You have&nbsp;additional&nbsp;nice-to-have experience in the following areas: database engines (Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres,&nbsp;Aerospike, Vertica, Redis), building micro-services, operating systems and cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka.&nbsp;&nbsp; You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have. Variety of technical opportunity is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked. &nbsp; The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. 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.#LI-AD1CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. &nbsp;Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&nbsp; The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leaveAt the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $137,300&mdash;$251,800 USD 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&nbsp;accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com&nbsp;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.&nbsp; 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.

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