The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.
Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small-medium-sized workplaces globally.
We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect (Data Science) to join our team here at The Trade Desk!
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• You have a sustained track record in a commercial setting of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to applied mathematics, machine learning and data focused projects. You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' behind what you are doing from both a practical and scientific attitude.
• You are an analytical problem solver and trusted advisor. You have the passion and ability to articulate our clients' unique needs and business goals. You help clients achieve them by formulating effective data driven advertising solutions, and strive for innovation.
• You are a broadly skilled data scientist who can apply various tools, data mining, statistical techniques, algorithms and machine learning principles to identify trends, patterns and insights from variety of data sources, and building models to address client's business problems.
• You can write code to perform data processing and analysis and build production ready models using common programming languages.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
The Senior Solutions Architect (Data Science) will design and build custom solutions that our powered by applied mathematics and related advanced computation for our clients.

• You will wield effective mathematical communication & consulting skills since this role will interact with some of our company's largest clients.
• You will actively apply solution design, coding, and exploratory analysis to solve a diverse set of client problems.
• You will apply background expertise in advanced modeling using established research in related areas such as reinforcement learning frameworks and control theory with some attention to offline model training.
• You will have wide scope of responsibility from intake to design, development and deployment of solution models.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• At least BA/BS in Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of commercial work experience in an advanced analytics role or something related.
• Experience working on software designs and applications that are driven by applied mathematics using a variety of programming languages (for example, Java, Scala, Python, R, etc.)
• Experience in deploying models via EMR and Databricks architectures or other cloud services.
• Experience working with clients, product, or engineering teams in a pre-sales role or consultative related role.
• Experience in comfortably working with external consulting organizations and/or technology vendors to accomplish complex use cases for clients is a plus.
• Experience in establishing reproducibility of models for quality assurance and further model advancement is a plus.
• Experience in coding and configuring observability of model performance via dashboards and alerting tools are pluses.
• Experience in non-gradient optimization approaches is a plus.

Our Compensation and Benefits (for NY, CO, CA, and WA residents only)
At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is
$116,800 -$214,100
In accordance with NY, CO, CA, and WA law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as sales-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include 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, and 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.
The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.
Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave
The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.