Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
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. 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. 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
- six (6) years of experience in the job offered or related role
- five (5) years of experience with design patterns and software architecture design patterns
- five (5) years of experience with one or more of: C#, Java, C, C++, SQL
- three (3) years of experience with Cloud Computing/Virtualisation environments including Docker
- two (2) years of experience with Kubernetes
- two (2) years of experience with CI/CD
- one (1) year of experience with ArgoCD
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, develop, and optimize deployment automation tools and frameworks to enable fast, reliable, and scalable delivery of microservices on Kubernetes.
- Develop and maintain sophisticated internal tools including CLIs, dashboards, and automation bots that streamline deployment workflows and enhance developer productivity.
- Lead collaboration with engineering teams to design user-friendly, scalable deployment strategies and simplify complex Kubernetes deployment processes.
- Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and health-check systems using Prometheus, Grafana, and related technologies to ensure deployment system reliability and performance.
- Drive improvements in onboarding and deployment processes, ensuring consistency, security, and ease of use across teams.
- Produce high-quality technical documentation and lead knowledge-sharing sessions and training workshops to elevate team proficiency in deployment tools and best practices.
- Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure, Security, and Kubernetes platform teams to continuously evolve deployment tooling and enhance overall developer experience.
- Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies and frameworks to innovate deployment automation and developer tooling capabilities.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior engineers, offering guidance on architecture, code quality, and performance; conduct regular feedback and career development reviews.
Benefits
- 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
- around 13 paid holidays per year
- Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- stock-based compensation grants
- variable compensation-based incentives
- commissions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
