This role will be based out of Bellevue, Washington. The Trade Desk follows a hybrid work model and you'll be expected to come into the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
What you’ll do:
You will work with engineers, data scientists, ML pipelines, data processing - automation, pipelines, quality, warehousing, governance, model deployments, experimentation configuration, and developing and deploying applications and services. to name a few. · You will solve petabyte-scale data challenges across large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world.
Senior Engineers contribute to more than our product – 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.
Our Senior Software Engineers are end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering data products for our clients.
Who you are:
You have experience with high level languages such as C#, Java, Python, Scala
You are a broadly skilled engineer, accustomed to developing data processing pipelines. You have experience building always-on systems, working across a variety of technologies and service layers.
You have experience designing and developing software interfaces/APIs to enable communication between various software modules, subsystems, or external systems.
You have experience working with data scientists and data engineers and understand & empathize with their needs and comfort levels.
You can think through model lifecycles end to end. This covers evaluating model feasibility - both runtime performance and from an accuracy POV; thinking of validation up front and challenging if the validation processes are sound; and model pipeline from training to deployments to setting up experiments.
You have worked with data modeling, configured AB test experimentation, and have experience working in technologies like SQL, ETL, and technologies similar to Spark, Airflow, SQL, data warehousing, etc...
You have a product-focused mindset. You have the passion and ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our clients and push forward one of the world’s largest and most influential industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making.
You work with confidence and without ego. Our engineers have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their daily work. You have strong opinions that are weakly held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right. You are also adept at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and quick to walk through fire to support your fellow teammates.
You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from common ground.
You are a creative thinker, not bound by “the way things have always been done”.
You have a sustained track record of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large, impactful engineering projects. You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the ‘why’ behind what you are doing. · You understand engineering fundamentals. On our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) do not work. You can work from first principles to evaluate solutions and adapt them to a unique environment.
NY, CO, CA, and WA residents only: 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 differ 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
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
$181,800—$210,000 USD
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to making our job application process accessible to everyone and to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability or medical condition and require an accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]
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