Senior Software Engineer - Platform API

@ The Trade Desk

About The Trade Desk

Our Software Engineers at The Trade Desk are end-to-end owners. They design, build, and deliver data-focused products for stakeholders while focusing on quality at scale. The role involves building backend infrastructure, client-facing applications, internal tools and model pipelines for bidding optimizations.

Role Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer - Platform API, you will design, build, and maintain full lifecycle software systems. You will tackle algorithmic, optimization, and scalability challenges in a distributed environment and mentor team members while driving complex changes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deliver, and own software from inception to production
• Implement and maintain product features with automated tests and monitoring
• Work in a distributed system environment serving global traffic
• Lead projects with technical ambiguity and mentor teammates
• Collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to drive quality changes
• Participate in hiring and contribute to success criteria development

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience
• Proficiency in languages such as C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL, or Scala
• Experience with distributed systems and agile methodologies
• Bachelor’s/Master’s in computer science or equivalent experience
• Exposure to database engines, micro-services, Kubernetes, and Kafka (nice-to-have)

Benefits & Compensation

Competitive base salary range of $190,000—$210,000 USD along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, retirement, disability coverage, paid time off, and an employee stock purchase plan.

Key Skills/Competency

• Software Development
• Distributed Systems
• Backend Infrastructure
• API Design
• Algorithmic Challenges
• Quality Assurance
• Mentorship
• Agile
• Scalability
• Collaboration