Software Engineer II

The Trade Desk • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

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 hiring activities and mentorship within the team. Participate in the interview hiring process by conducting pre-selected technical interview questions and sharing results with the hiring manager. Collaborate in code review and design review of fellow software engineers. Position does not involve supervisory or managerial responsibilities or planning or assigning work to other employees.

Requirements

• 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 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.

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 hiring activities and mentorship within the team.
• Participate in the interview hiring process by conducting pre-selected technical interview questions and sharing results with the 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
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level