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Staff Product Manager, Data Flows and Governance

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with over 3,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR<br>Audience strategy is how advertisers turn a campaign brief into media that reaches the right person. It's the&nbsp;discipline of combining first-party data, third-party data, and modeled signals into a campaign seed or&nbsp;audience that delivers the right message to the right people and drives results. Programmatic media and The&nbsp;Trade Desk are built to be audience first, making these experiences core to how customers get value out of&nbsp;our products.<br>We are looking for a Staff Product Manager to own TTD's advertiser-facing experience for building, curating,&nbsp;and activating audiences, the product surface where audience strategy becomes programmatic execution.&nbsp; This person deeply understands how advertisers think about audience strategy, has strong product and UX instincts, and partners closely with the adjacent product teams to make sure the right data and capabilities&nbsp;show up in the right workflow at the right time.&nbsp; This is a high-visibility product role at the center of how TTD's buyers find and reach the right audiences&nbsp;across the open internet.</p>
<p>WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING<br>• Own product strategy and roadmap for TTD's in-platform audience experiences<br>• Design end-to-end workflows for building and assigning campaign seeds to audiences from first- and&nbsp;third-party data for activation<br>• Partner closely with engineering, design, and data science to deliver best-in-class advertiser-facing&nbsp;experiences<br>• Drive adoption of audience features with agencies, brands, and internal trading teams<br>• Use AI to move faster, applying AI tools across research, requirements, analysis, and delivery to raise&nbsp;the pace and quality bar of your PM work<br>• Define and track success metrics for audience products, including audience quality, performance, and&nbsp;revenue impact<br>• Represent the audience product vision internally and externally with brands and agencies</p>
<p>WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE<br>• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience<br>• 7-10+ years of product management experience, ideally in advertising technology or an adjacent&nbsp;platform business, with a proven track record of launching complex, data-intensive products<br>• Proven experience taking products from concept to launch, navigating ambiguity and validating&nbsp;demand along the way<br>• Deep understanding of how advertisers build and use audiences (segmentation, seed audiences,&nbsp;lookalikes) and how audience signals flow through programmatic pipes<br>• Experience working with first-party and third-party data, DMPs/CDPs, or data marketplaces<br>• Strong technical and UX fluency; comfortable partnering closely with engineering, design, and data&nbsp;science to turn complex data into a simple advertiser-facing workflow<br>• Hands-on AI experience: you've used AI tools to accelerate research, requirements, analysis, or&nbsp;delivery<br>• Experience crafting Product Requirements Documents and driving cross-functional execution in a&nbsp;matrixed environment<br>• A demonstrated point of view on where audience targeting is headed as the open internet evolves<br><br></p>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"><em><strong>[LA JOBS ONLY] </strong>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.</em></span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"><em><strong>[SF JOBS ONLY] </strong>Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.</em></span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$137,300</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$251,800 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p></div>

Staff Product Manager, Audience Products

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p>Job Title: Staff Software Engineer</p>
<p>Location:&nbsp; 10770 NE 8th St., Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004</p>
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<p>*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in Bellevue, WA.</p>
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<p>Job Duties: Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend data pipelines for processing large-scale content catalog and metadata using distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark. Develop and optimize high-throughput data processing workflows capable of ingesting, transforming, and aggregating large-scale datasets with optimal performance and reliability. Design and implement secure, scalable RESTful APIs to expose data services to internal platforms and downstream consumers. Architect and build data integration solutions that connect heterogeneous data sources and destinations across the platform, ensuring data consistency and availability. Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to integrate models and algorithms into production environments, including supporting feature engineering and model-serving pipelines. Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks for data pipelines to ensure reliability, performance, and high availability at scale. Optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms, including data modeling, indexing strategies, and query performance tuning across relational databases, NoSQL stores, and cloud-based data warehouses. Contribute to architectural decisions for backend and data infrastructure, partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, and apply data engineering best practices including data quality validation, error handling, and recovery mechanisms.</p>
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<p>Salary: $206,086 - $302,200 / year</p>
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<p>Job Requirements:<strong> </strong>Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have three (3) years of experience with: software development in Python, Java, or Scala; building and deploying services on cloud platforms, including AWS, GCP, or Azure; and building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production. Must have two (2) years of experience with: designing and building data pipelines using distributed data processing frameworks, including Apache Spark; designing and implementing RESTful APIs and backend services; working with relational databases and NoSQL databases; and data modeling and query performance optimization for large-scale datasets.</p>
<p>#LI-DNI</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$206,086</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$302,200 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
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Staff Software Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;d62b75aa-1395-4c58-866c-77216779bb85|236&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Subtitle-2&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Subtitle-2&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,134224900,&quot;true&quot;,201342448,&quot;3&quot;,469777841,&quot;Eina04-SemiBold&quot;,469777842,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777843,&quot;&quot;,469777844,&quot;Eina04-SemiBold&quot;,469769226,&quot;Eina04-SemiBold,Times New Roman&quot;,335551500,&quot;15899170&quot;,268442635,&quot;32&quot;,335559704,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;240&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;60&quot;,335559738,&quot;240&quot;,335560102,&quot;2&quot;,134245418,&quot;true&quot;,469778324,&quot;heading 3&quot;]}">What&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">we</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2"> do</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">The User Trail team owns the analytics and observability platform that captures how people actually use The Trade Desk's products — things like page views, clicks, and other interactions across our core web applications. This event data flows into our data platform and powers everything from product analytics to an AI-powered internal tool our team built, which lets people across the company investigate what happened in the platform in plain language instead of digging through logs by hand. That tool has become a genuine business asset: it's helped support and trading teams give clients clear, evidence-backed answers about what happened in their accounts, and we're actively extending access so teams beyond engineering — including business and commercial teams — can explore this data themselves without needing to write a query. We work closely with teams across the company to make sure the right signals are captured and easy to query. This is a growth investment for the team: as more products and teams come to rely on our data, we need someone who can help set technical direction across multiple parts of the platform, not just execute within one.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">What </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">you’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2"> do:</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<ul>
<li>Help set the technical direction for how we unlock our data for the rest of the company — from self-service tools and dashboards to the AI-powered assistant our team built — not just how we collect and store it.</li>
<li>Solve complex, multi-layered problems that span multiple areas of the platform, where your judgment on tradeoffs (e.g. how broadly to open up access, how much to invest in self-service vs. bespoke support) is relied on broadly.</li>
<li>Anticipate problems and scaling needs several steps ahead of obvious requirements, as more teams across the company come to depend on our data and tools.</li>
<li>Proactively identify and drive improvements not just to what the team ships, but to how the team works — tooling, process, and quality practices.</li>
<li>Influence decision-making within the team by weighing in with a strong, ROI-driven perspective on which capabilities matter most to the teams we serve.</li>
<li>Develop and share expertise across multiple areas of the platform, and act as a resource other engineers — on and off the team — can turn to for guidance.</li>
<li>Partner directly with the teams building on top of our data — support, trading, business, and product — to shape what gets built next and how it's exposed.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">Who you are:</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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:</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li>You have a track record of solving hard, ambiguous technical problems end-to-end, and you're comfortable being the person a team turns to when something spans multiple systems.</li>
<li>You have deep expertise in backend services and/or data-intensive systems (e.g. event pipelines, data warehouse/lakehouse platforms, or SDK development), and you're able to apply that expertise across more than one area.</li>
<li>You think in terms of return on investment — you can weigh technical tradeoffs against business impact and communicate that reasoning clearly to others.</li>
<li>You're a change agent: you don't just solve the problem in front of you, you look for ways to improve how the team works and proactively push those changes forward.</li>
<li>You communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, from engineers to non-technical partners, and you're comfortable influencing decisions without direct authority.</li>
<li>You're motivated by helping other engineers grow, whether through mentorship, design reviews, or setting a strong technical example.</li>
<li>You have 11+ years of software development, engineering experience &nbsp;</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"><em>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.</em></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
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Staff Software Engineer - User Trail

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><h3>Who we are:</h3>
<p>Ventura OS is a new Smart TV operating system being built inside The Trade Desk, the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. Where the wider company runs a global-scale DSP, Ventura is closer to a startup inside it: a small team, direct influence over product direction, and a real OS shipping to real devices in real living rooms.</p>
<p>We’re deliberately building the CTV supply chain differently: more efficient for advertisers and publishers, more relevant for viewers, and more transparent end-to-end. The backend that powers all of it is being built now, and the Infra team is the critical foundation for it.</p>
<h3>About the Team:</h3>
<p>Infra is the foundation Ventura OS is built on. We own the compute, storage, and networking, including our Kubernetes platform, that every Ventura runs on, plus the source control and CI/CD pipelines that turn code into shipped products. We power the GPU and ML-serving infrastructure behind applied science and AI-assisted tools. We own every build system across AOSP platform, client experience and mobile, along with the lab infrastructure and release pipelines that keep platform engineering moving. We run build-test-deploy infrastructure for every app in the Ventura ecosystem, first-party and third. And we deliver telemetry end to end — from client ingestion to the dashboards leadership reads.</p>
<p>If it runs, ships, trains, or gets measured on Ventura OS, it runs on infrastructure we built.</p>
<h3>What You’ll Do:</h3>
<p>You'll be an end-to-end owner of the systems this team runs — designing, building, operating, monitoring, and setting the standards other inherit. As a member of the Infrastructure team, you'll be responsible for the scalability, performance, reliability, and visibility of every cloud service powering Ventura TV OS.</p>
<p>In addition to the core responsibilities of a backend engineer, you will:</p>
<ul>
<li>Build, automate, and operate the compute (VMs, Kubernetes), networking (VPN, edge services), database (SQL/NoSQL), storage, and identity services every Ventura partner team depends on — using infrastructure-as-code and automation-first practices, and forecasting capacity needs ahead of demand for compute, storage, and GPU resources.</li>
<li>Partner with application teams to design, implement, and scale the services and infrastructure behind their products.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Own the identity, security, and compliance model for Ventura OS cloud services — authentication, authorization, audit, and adherence to security and compliance standards for every request, from internal employees to external partners.</li>
<li>Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and cost while balancing availability, efficiency, and cloud spend across the infrastructure we run.</li>
<li>Deliver highly available build infrastructure (GitLab, Jenkins, Gerrit) and developer tooling relied on by internal engineers and external partner vendors alike.</li>
<li>Own AOSP platform, client experience and mobile build systems, lab infrastructure, release pipelines, and shared platform-engineering tooling plus build, test, and deployment infrastructure for first- and third-party Ventura apps.</li>
<li>Lead the GPU infrastructure and model-serving platforms behind applied science workloads and AI-assisted tools, including code review and incident-response automation.</li>
<li>Own end-to-end telemetry infrastructure — client-side ingestion, processing pipelines, data warehousing, and analytics reporting with data privacy and governance built in by design.</li>
<li>Drive major infrastructure and platform migrations, and lead adoption of new tools and standards across the org</li>
<li>Own operational excellence for every service we run — observability, SLOs, on-call, incident response, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and the documentation and runbooks that keep teams resilient during handoffs.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Who You Are:</h3>
<p>One of the best things about working here is the sheer variety of technical challenges. We don't expect you to know every technology we use on day one — what matters is that you learn quickly and solve complex problems with the best tool for the job. What you already know matters less than how well you adapt, think critically, and figure things out.</p>
<p>We're looking for a software engineer with a genuine passion for infrastructure — someone energized by hard, open-ended problems, not just familiar ones.</p>
<p>Culture matters here. Ventura is a small, high-impact team inside The Trade Desk, and we take pride in engineers who build trust, give generously, solve problems scrappily, and pursue excellence with grit. In practice, that means working with confidence and without ego: holding well-reasoned opinions while welcoming ideas different from your own, being quick to spot trade-offs, and staying willing to be proven wrong. It also means showing up for your teammates when things get hard.</p>
<p>You don't have to check every box below — if you check most of them, you're likely to thrive in this role.</p>
<h3><strong>What You Bring:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>6+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time on cloud platforms or distributed systems. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience — we care more about what you can contribute than your credentials.</li>
<li>A sustained track record of self-directed, end-to-end ownership of complex, high-impact projects — you think beyond the immediate task of understanding the "why."</li>
<li>Strong engineering fundamentals and first-principles thinking. At our scale, many off-the-shelf tools and techniques don't work out of the box, and you can evaluate and adapt solutions to a unique environment.</li>
<li>Commercial development experience in a modern backend language (Node.js/TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Go, or C#).</li>
<li>Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating cloud services and/or infrastructure in production, at a meaningful scale.</li>
<li>Strong background in infrastructure-as-code and automation, and the discipline to get it right.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience instrumenting production services for observability — metrics (e.g., Prometheus), structured logging, distributed tracing — and operating with SLO-driven, on-call rigor.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL data stores (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, or similar), including safe tenant-scoped data modeling.</li>
<li>Experience owning a shared platform that other engineering teams build on — codifying standards, running "paved paths," and driving adoption without disrupting partner teams' delivery.</li>
<li>A track record of sound technical decision-making, with experience of mentoring engineers through code and design review.</li>
<li>Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences, and comfort scoping and sequencing work under ambiguity.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nice to Have Qualifications:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Deep understanding of cloud services and Kubernetes on AWS, GCP, or Azure at scale.</li>
<li>Exposure to identity/security systems (authN/authZ, audit) in a production environment.</li>
<li>Familiarity with GPU infrastructure or ML-serving platforms.</li>
<li>Background in Smart TV, OTT, or CTV services — or on any infrastructure layer that backs up a hardware fleet or a consumer-facing OS.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$137,300</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$251,800 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p></p></div>

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Infra/Platform, VenturaOS

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p>Job Title: Software Engineer II</p>
<p>Location:&nbsp; 10770 NE 8th St., Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in Bellevue, WA.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Duties:<strong> </strong>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</p>
<p>Trade Desk’s bidding software as part of a regular release process. Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning. Participate in the interview hiring process by conducting pre-selected technical interview questions and sharing results with hiring manager. Collaborate in code review and design review of fellow software engineers.</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>Salary: $151,400 - $227,000 / year</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Requirements:<strong> </strong>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 or 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.</p>
<p>#LI-DNI</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$151,400</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$227,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p></p></div>

Software Engineer II

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p>Job Title: Product Manager II</p>
<p>Location: 1114 Ave of Americas, New York, NY 10036</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in New York, NY.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Duties:<strong> </strong>Manage the execution of a high-priority Account Planning reporting launch by defining scope in collaboration with business stakeholders (C-suite, VP of RevOps, GM of Sales Training), aligning on requirements and overseeing delivery timelines while ensuring adherence to engineering capacity constraints in sprint planning sessions. Collaborate with business stakeholders on the H2H testing initiative to assess the need for tracking testing performance in order to remain competitive and protect spend, document the business problem and expected return on investment and work with engineering to translate these needs into defined requirements and appropriately scoped solutions. Track project milestones and associated deliverables by managing the team’s Business Technology Jira board, aligning engineering epics and stories with each milestone to monitor progress and ensure timely delivery. Prepare and deliver project artifacts, such as product briefs, to engineering and business stakeholders, ensuring adherence to quality standards and timely submission. Gather and assess current and future business needs by regularly engaging with marketing, growth, and sales teams during weekly calls, gathering feedback, identifying requirements and priorities to support the company’s rapid growth. Manage product roadmap (i.e Account Plan, GTM Resources, etc), submit it for stakeholder review and approval, and adjusting plans as necessary to address changes in priorities, scope, or project requirements. Schedule and facilitate meetings for projects, including user interviews, discovery and vetting calls, design sessions with engineering, and UAT sessions with business stakeholders. Allocate tasks according to team members’ areas of expertise to ensure project objectives are met and work is executed effectively. Develop implementation plans by creating product briefs that capture the business value and expected return on investment (ROI), ensuring engineering resources are used efficiently and the right problems are addressed. Identify the need for initial or supplemental project resources, such as additional engineering support, budget, or software tools, to ensure project objectives are met efficiently. Prepare and maintain comprehensive project plans for IT initiatives, including project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and</p>
<p>staffing, documented in product briefs and rollout plans on Confluence and Jira. Perform risk assessments in product briefs by identifying potential project risks, developing mitigation strategies, and presenting them to leadership and stakeholders to ensure alignment and informed decision-making. Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing project progress and trends. Provide weekly updates to the team and conduct post-launch feedback calls to communicate feature performance and success to stakeholders and leadership. Identify, review, and select platforms and external resources, such as Salesforce and Asana, to meet project requirements and ensure successful delivery. Develop and implement project communication plans, working with the communications team to ensure feature launches are effectively communicated through Salesforce channels, internal platforms like Lighthouse, newsletters, and other appropriate channels. Create work breakdown structure (WBS) by breaking project into key tasks like stakeholder interviews, engineering development, and UAT, then track each component to ensure timely completion. Evaluate project team members’ performance, delivering feedback during peer reviews. Allocate tasks according to team members’ areas of expertise to ensure project objectives are met and work is executed effectively. Negotiate with engineering managers and Operations to secure engineering resources for projects, ensuring sufficient capacity to meet project objectives.</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>Salary: $151,400 - $227,000/year</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Requirements:<strong> </strong>Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Information Systems, Business Administration or related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have one (1) year of experience with: product ownership for Salesforce feature enhancements and new projects; product ownership for contract lifecycle management (CLM) system feature enhancements and new projects; working closely with key internal business stakeholders to understand existing business processes and identify system enhancements and new features to remove friction and drive efficiencies in those processes; conducting weekly backlog grooming sessions with engineering to review Jira epics; setting engineering roadmap priorities based on business needs and maintaining updated roadmap reporting visible to all key stakeholders; and working closely with training teams to ensure that feature delivery and launches are successful.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>#LI-DNI</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$151,400</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$227,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p></p></div>

Product Manager II

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p>Job Title: Senior Software Engineer</p>
<p>Location: 1114 Ave of Americas, New York, NY 10036</p>
<p>&nbsp;*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in New York, NY.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Duties: Design and implement scalable software components and infrastructure within internal developer platforms and distributed systems to enhance engineering productivity and reliability. Optimize and refactor existing tooling, services, and workflows to reduce developer friction and improve system performance, fault tolerance, and maintainability across engineering teams. Conduct comprehensive technical design and code reviews for high-impact systems, ensuring architectural alignment, adherence to secure coding practices, and performance efficiency. Serve as a technical advisor to guide software design patterns and best practices across teams. Lead cross-functional technical initiatives by scoping and executing complex projects that span multiple services, teams, and domains, including dependency resolution, phased rollouts, and backward compatibility. Develop reusable frameworks and internal APIs to enable standardized integration and extensibility across the engineering organization. Own shared libraries or SDKs used by multiple services and teams. Use telemetry, logs, and operational data to identify bottlenecks, quantify the impact of engineering investments, and drive decisions around prioritization and architectural improvements.</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>Salary: $189,592 - $274,700 / year</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and six (6) years of experience in the job offered or related role OR Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have four (4) years of experience with: REST APIs or gRPC; one of: Python, Java, C#, Javascript, or C++; Rational Databases, SQL; AWS; Kubernetes and Docker containers; and S3 or Azure Blob Storage. Must have two (2) years of experience with Grafana, Prometheus or similar.</p>
<p>#LI-DNI</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$189,592</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$274,700 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p></p></div>

Senior Software Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><h3><strong>Who we are:</strong></h3>
<p>Ventura OS is a new Smart TV operating system being built inside The Trade Desk, the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. Where the wider company runs a global-scale DSP, Ventura is closer to a startup inside it: a small team, direct influence over product direction, and a real OS shipping to real devices in real living rooms.</p>
<p>We’re deliberately building the CTV supply chain differently: more efficient for advertisers and publishers, more relevant for viewers, and more transparent end-to-end. The backend that powers all of it is being built now, and API Platform sits at the center of it.</p>
<h3>About the Team:</h3>
<p>The API Platform team is the front door to Ventura: every boot, every sign-in, and every API call from a TV in the wild passes through us. That makes us the layer the rest of Ventura builds on. We own the APIs the OS calls as it starts up and runs, the identity provider that authenticates each device and user, the portals operators and partners work through, and the pipelines that carry ads and monetization data out to the wider TTD platform.</p>
<h3><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></h3>
<p>You’ll be an end-to-end owner of the systems this team runs, designing, building, and operating them in production while setting the standards other Ventura teams inherit. This role sits at the intersection of API design, identity engineering, and platform work: the problem space spans OAuth and OIDC flows, device attestation, and the authorization model that scopes every request to the right partner, user, and device. You’ll also design under a constraint most API work doesn’t have: you can’t force an upgrade on a TV in someone’s living room, so every API decision is close to permanent. Scale, reliability, and security all have to be true at the same time. There’s no room to trade one against the others.</p>
<p>In addition to the core responsibilities of our backend engineers, you will share ownership of:</p>
<ul>
<li>Designing parts of the API layer the Ventura platform — the identity model, the API surface, and the developer platform other teams ship on.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The identity and access model for the OS: authentication, session, device, entitlement, and the multi-tenant authorization that scopes every request to the right partner, user, and device.</li>
<li>Design how partners and OEMs safely self-serve on Ventura: the authorization boundaries, the audit trails, and the identity surfaces that make it work at scale.</li>
<li>The shared platform every Ventura team builds on: the testing, rollout, and observability infrastructure that lets other engineers change production safely. When it works, everyone ships faster together. When it breaks, they all break at once.</li>
<li>The multiple user-facing web portals we ship, and the platform they all run on: auth, navigation, hosting, telemetry, and deployments, solved once for every other Ventura team.</li>
<li>The monetization surface: the APIs and pipelines that carry ads data between the OS, the ad server, and the wider TTD platform. This is the layer Ventura’s revenue actually flows through.</li>
<li>Set the developer-experience standards other Ventura teams inherit: the shared libraries, the paved paths, and the tooling that make good engineering the path of least resistance. Your customers here aren’t just our users; they’re the other engineers on Ventura who build on top of you, and the standards you set become how the whole org builds.</li>
<li>The operational excellence of every service the platform runs: observability, SLOs, on-call, and leading incident response when production is on the line.</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Who You Are:</strong></h3>
<p>One of the best things about working here is the variety of technical opportunities. We don’t expect you to know every technology we use from day one. What matters most is that you can learn quickly and solve complex problems using the best tool for the job. What you know is less important than how well you adapt, innovate, and think critically.</p>
<p>We’re not looking for engineers who know all the answers. We’re looking for engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.</p>
<p>Culture matters. Ventura is a small, high-impact team inside The Trade Desk, and we take pride in our engineers being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of excellence.</p>
<p>You don’t have to meet every requirement below, but if you check most of these boxes, you’re likely to thrive in this role.</p>
<h3><strong>What You Bring:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Extensive experience designing and operating user-facing APIs in production: the kind that can scale to millions of end users, where reliability and performance are non-negotiable.</li>
<li>Background in identity and access management: session, device, entitlement, and multi-tenant authorization models, and the discipline required to get them right.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with API tooling: contract testing, versioning, and safe rollout and migration patterns across many consumers, including the backwards-compatibility discipline needed when you can’t assume every consumer will upgrade on your schedule.</li>
<li>Track record of end-to-end ownership: significant, self-directed contributions to production services from design through operation, not just feature work.</li>
<li>Experience owning a shared platform that other engineering teams build on: codifying standards, running paved paths, and helping partner teams adopt them without disrupting delivery.</li>
<li>Strong programming skills in a modern statically typed backend language.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of both relational and NoSQL data stores, and how to model tenant-scoped data safely.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of system reliability, observability, and operational excellence: SLOs, tracing, structured logging, and on-call rigor for user-facing production services.</li>
<li>Track record of leading technical design and influencing architecture across teams, and mentoring engineers through code and design review.</li>
<li>Strong communication skills with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders, and comfort scoping and sequencing work in ambiguity.</li>
<li>6+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on backend platforms, APIs, or identity systems. We care more about what you can contribute than the level of education you have, whether that’s a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Nice to Have Qualifications:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Experience building production services in Node.js and TypeScript, which much of our API surface runs on.</li>
<li>Strong experience running always-on services on Kubernetes and AWS at scale.</li>
<li>Experience with a production OIDC identity provider (Keycloak or similar).</li>
<li>Experience with device-attestation or public-key device-identity flows (e.g. SPIFFE, mTLS, hardware-root-of-trust patterns).</li>
<li>Familiarity with event-driven systems for asynchronous telemetry, audit, or ad pipelines.</li>
<li>Background in Smart TV, OTT, CTV, or any API layer that backs a hardware fleet or a consumer-facing OS.</li>
</ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$124,900</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$228,900 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accommodations@thetradedesk.com" target="_blank">accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com</a>&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;</p>
<p>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.</p>
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Sr Software Engineer - Backend  API Platform

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.&nbsp; <br><br>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. <br><br>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. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><p><strong>Job Title:</strong> Software Engineer II</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> 50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1800, San Jose, CA 95113</p>
<p>*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in San Jose, CA.</p>
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<p><strong>Job Duties: </strong>Design system architectures and application components for internal web applications and services, including front-end and backend structures, API contracts, and database models; ensure designs align with scalability, security, and compliance requirements. Implement and maintain internal web applications and services using languages such as C#, TypeScript, and React, and frameworks such as .NET; develop REST/GraphQL APIs, database schemas (SQL), and service integrations following secure coding and data governance practices. Build and operate CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes for microservices and web applications, and monitor releases and resolve deployment issues. Develop and maintain automated tests, including unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites, ensure test coverage and reliability through continuous integration and participate in code reviews to uphold quality standards. Analyze operational and product data (e.g., usage, performance, error metrics) to assess the effectiveness of process improvements and automation initiatives, use insights to validate outcomes and inform future engineering priorities, and communicate findings to stakeholders. Collaborate directly with product and business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate ambiguous needs into technical designs, and deliver incremental, production-ready features. Own the full lifecycle of features and small projects, including design, implementation, documentation, rollout, monitoring, and iterative improvement based on user feedback. Build AI-assisted tools and automation in Python that use Large Language Models and Retrieval Augemented Generation to streamline routine tasks, improve employee productivity, and enhance internal tooling.</p>
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<p><strong>Salary:</strong> $226,138 - $227,000 /year</p>
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<p><strong>Job Requirements:</strong><strong> </strong>Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related role OR Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have two (2) years of coding experience in modern languages. Must have two (2) years of experience with full-stack software engineering. Must have two (2) years of technical communication experience, including writing design documents and system documentation, providing feedback to other engineers’ documents and code, and giving project updates to stakeholders or project leaders. Must have one (1) year of experience with: an object oriented programming language; writing Transact-SQL; and software development lifecycle, including version control, code review, and deployment. Must have experience with: Boomi; and coding in Python.</p>
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<p>#LI-DNI</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">In accordance with various US state laws, 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, and location.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;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;</p>
<p>The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click <a href="https://careers.thetradedesk.com/us/en">here</a> to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave</p></div><div class="title">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 </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$226,138</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$227,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
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