Job Summary:
The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the worldโs leading independent platform for digital advertising. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work on system-level optimization and ensure the health and scalability of user data infrastructure while participating in all aspects of the software lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
โข You will be working on system-level optimization in throughput and network bandwidth as well as applying creative probabilistic algorithms to support future scale of user targeting data.
โข You will be responsible for ensuring health and scalability the user data infrastructure of as our platform evolves.
โข We expect our engineers to be end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all aspects of software lifecycle, including research, experimentation, architecture, coding, quality assurance, monitoring, maintenance, continuous optimization and automation.
โข You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces โ to name a few.
โข Senior Engineers contribute to more than our product โ they build up our team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, and/or direct management of small teams, they make others better and raise the bar for those around them.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข A minimum of 6+ yearsโ professional experience in high impact software development environment
โข Hands-on experience with a variety of platforms and technologies: .NET Core & C#, Java, Linux, Networking, Streaming Systems, NoSQL databases, Distributed Systems
โข Deep expertise at the intersection of distributed system, high-performance computing, math and advertising, ideally someone who has built large-scale distributed systems and understands ads ecosystem
โข Responsible for planning and execution of initiatives, guiding and assigning work for other team members, but not necessarily as a people manager
โข Understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices
โข Bachelorโs/Masterโs level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience
โข Proven records of building distributed systems that are always online
โข Ability to evaluate specific solutions for specific problems
โข Ability to work with confidence and without ego, hold defensible ideas and advocate for what you believe is right
โข Ability to identify and evaluate trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and support your fellow teammates
โข Ability to value, seek out, and foster diversity
โข Creative thinker, ready to learn and innovate, and not bound by 'the way things have always been done'
Company:
The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Ventura, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.