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The Trade Desk

Lead Staff Software Engineer

The Trade Desk · London

Posted about 3 months ago

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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.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
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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