Software Engineer II
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.
- Working knowledge of soft real-time distributed systems.
- Working knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++.
- Working knowledge of software development code editors with one or more of the following: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider.
- Working knowledge of version control systems (Git, Perforce).
- Experience working in large scale code bases with ambiguous goals and multiple stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of operating systems fundamentals.
- Experience with profiling and analyzing memory dumps to optimize latency sensitive systems.
- Experience using SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, or a similar RDBMS in a performance-sensitive context.
Responsibilities
- 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 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents
- 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
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
