Staff Software Engineer — Custom Solutions

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture and design for end-to-end systems within Custom Solutions, influencing platform patterns and best practices.
• Develop custom APIs and backend services that integrate seamlessly with the core platform.
• Optimize data storage, retrieval, and API performance for global-scale programmatic workloads.
• Create and maintain data processing workflows and automation solutions to support large-scale advertiser operations.
• Collaborate with data scientists to integrate productionized models and algorithms into full-stack systems.
• Design and build client-facing applications with responsive, intuitive UIs using modern frontend frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to standardize patterns to accelerate future solution delivery.

Requirements

• 11+ years of software development experience, with significant experience building and scaling production systems.
• Deep experience designing and building large-scale, distributed systems across client-facing applications, backend services, and data workflows.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Scala.
• Solid understanding of data modeling concepts and experience with relational and cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Vertica).
• Familiarity with big data technologies such as Apache Spark or Kafka.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with full stack development.
• Experience scaling systems for data-intensive workloads.
• Proven track record of leading complex projects with high levels of technical ambiguity.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare including medical, dental, and vision.
• Retirement benefits with 401k plan and company match.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick time, and approximately 13 paid holidays per year.
• Parental leave and well-being benefits.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

About the Company

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet—from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps and news. We solve unique technical challenges, from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale.