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.
The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better Internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising.
We handle over 1 trillion queries per day and our platform operates at unprecedented scale.
We’ve also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award‑winning culture based on trust, empathy, collaboration, and ownership. By working together across typical dividing lines, we are better as a team than any of us could be apart.
Do you have a passion for solving challenging problems at scale? Are you eager to join a trust‑based, globally‑connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference?
Come and see why The Trade Desk was named to the highly competitive Best Workplaces in Technology
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe are seeking a Senior Database Engineer to work closely with our engineering teams to ensure aligned execution of database‑related activities. You enjoy investigating database problems, performance issues, and evaluating best practices to ensure optimal performance across our platform.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING- Provide day‑to‑day support and maintenance for Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2022 databases for our platform
- Perform administration, design, performance analysis, support, proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, recoverability, failover, security, and installation
- Troubleshoot challenging performance issues and develop proactive measures and trend analysis
- Investigate potential problems and issues raised by users
- Monitor database events and continuously optimize system performance through troubleshooting and tuning
- Work with engineering teams to automate reactive procedures and promote rapid response to database issues
- Perform database code reviews and enforce database best practices
- Design and develop proactive tools and measures to optimize performance and support platform scale
- Maintain database configurations in alignment with established best practices
- Design and implement systems, policies, and procedures for backup and disaster recovery
- Monitor ongoing capacity and implement design and architecture changes to improve global availability
- Install upgrades and patches to existing database servers
- Design and develop database code as needed
- Review and establish database migration processes
- Participate in on‑call rotations as part of a follow‑the‑sun team
- 5+ years of Database Administration experience supporting mission‑critical relational databases
- Extensive experience and knowledge of MS SQL 2019 or above, along with best practices
- Proficiency in performance tuning, optimization, and database internals
- Proficiency working in OLTP database environments
- Experience with distributed systems (OLTP/DW MPP) is a plus, but not required
- Programming experience with C#/.NET is a plus, but not required
- Experience configuring and administering MSSQL replication, Availability Groups, and Distributed Availability Groups
- AWS database management, OLAP experience, and PostgreSQL experience are pluses
- Full systems lifecycle experience from requirements gathering to delivery of database projects
- Experience designing, building, installing, configuring, supporting, and maintaining high‑volume, large‑scale database systems
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem‑solving skills
- Experience with database design and management for compliance programs such as SOX or PCI is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document complex technical issues
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment across time zones, as well as independently with limited supervision
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of Database Administration experience
- Considerable experience with MS SQL 2019 or above
- Proficiency with performance tuning and optimizations
- Experience with OLTP Database Environments
- Experience configuring MSSQL replication and Availability Groups
The Trade Desk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Trade Desk and has not been reviewed or approved by The Trade Desk.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare premiums are often paid in full for employees and dependents, reducing out-of-pocket costs. Coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside mental health and wellness support.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Packages commonly include new-hire stock grants, a generous Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and equity refreshers tied to performance. Feedback suggests equity meaningfully boosts total compensation alongside base pay and bonuses.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick time, and sabbaticals are available. Paid parental leave and extensive family-planning support broaden time-off and caregiving coverage.
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What We Do
The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. Our mission is to transform media for the benefit of humankind. Our media-buying platform helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for reach, accuracy, and transparency.
Why Work With Us
With up to 11 million queries per second and SLAs in the milliseconds, we’re tackling data and software challenges at massive scale. While we’re growing fast, investing in our value based company culture remains one of our top priorities. If you’re talented, driven, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious, let's talk.
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