or apply directly on The Trade Desk's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days The Trade Desk's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 5% of The Trade Desk's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at The Trade Desk
- high 159 stale, 3 reposted of 159 open
- Hiring momentum
- 290 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from The Trade Desk's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for The Trade Desk.
About this role
As a Lead Staff Software Engineer at The Trade Desk, you will take ownership of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products while leading a small team. Your role involves technical leadership, code reviews, project management, and collaborating with product management to develop roadmaps. You will also focus on team efficiency, quality of contributions, and fostering a diverse and inclusive team environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of The Trade Desk as an employer.
What you need
- Sustained track record of leading engineers
- Significant contributions to large software projects
- Understanding of engineering fundamentals
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab, AWS, Azure, .NET Core, SQL Server, and microservices architecture
- Commercial development skills in OO programming (C#, Java or C++)
- Cloud-based platform experience (AWS, Azure or Aliyun)
Worth weighing
- No salary or benefits listed
- Focus on learning and innovation over existing knowledge
- Emphasis on diversity and inclusion in team dynamics
Summarised from The Trade Desk's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by The Trade Desk on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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