Senior Front-End Engineer - Front-End Fundamentals

The Trade Desk; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision coverage

401k with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking an experienced Front-end Software Engineer to deliver complex, data-heavy UIs for internal users and external clients. You will help own the Front-end Fundamentals framework and architecture, collaborating with product, design, and UX research teams to deliver world-class experiences.

You have 7+ years in front-end development, deep JS/TS, React, and browser APIs, and you thrive in a distributed, agile environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building and delivering front-end software.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals.
• Deep experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and browser APIs.
• Able to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in enterprise-scale services and agile/distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Own software delivery through the full lifecycle: design, build, deploy.
• Lead complex changes spanning multiple components or services.
• Ensure quality via automated tests, metrics, monitoring, and validation.
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders across teams.
• Deploy AI thoughtfully within the software development process.
• Build features, components, and processes used across the org.
• Work on a distributed team and understand business objectives behind code.
• Contribute to hiring and mentorship as needed.
• Use data to analyze impact on operational efficiency.

Skills

Front-end development

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Browser APIs

Communication

Agile teamwork

Problem solving

User experience mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SQL

GraphQL

C#

Java

Node.js

Job description

What we do

At The Trade Desk, Front-end Software Engineers deliver complex and data-rich UIs to our internal users and external clients. User experience can make or break our business, and it’s crucial that we deliver a simple interface to our powerful and sophisticated platform, as well as rich insights mined from the petabytes of data streaming through our pipelines.

The Front-End Fundamentals team owns the overall framework and high-level architecture patterns that our feature teams use to deliver powerful features to our users, from campaign creation and targeting to real‑time performance monitoring and troubleshooting. Alongside our partners in product management, design, and UX research, we work up and down the stack to deliver world‑class experiences.

What you’ll do:

• Own software delivery through the whole lifecycle: Design, build, and deploy software from inception to production
• Drive complex changes involving multiple components or services
• Ensure quality using automated tests, metrics, monitoring, and manual validation
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders from other teams and departments
• Deploy AI thoughtfully throughout the software development process
• Build execution plans incorporating user data, observations, market insight, and product roadmaps
• Implement and maintain product features
• Build components and processes that are regularly used by others
• Work on a distributed team and in a distributed system environment
• Understand the business objectives behind the code
• Understand system architecture fundamentals through self‑directed learning
• Create clarity out of ambiguity as you join or lead complex projects
• Lead others through example, mentorship, and teaching
• Participate in hiring to grow the team
• Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency

We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well‑versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.

Who you are:

We have a lot of fun together (especially on this team), but our culture is much deeper than that. Our UI engineers are passionate advocates for our users, both internal and external. We build trust by supporting each other generously; we approach problems with scrappy determination; and we pursue excellence unfailingly even when—especially when it’s not the easy path. Oh, and we laugh a lot. We take the work seriously, but not ourselves.

• You have 7+ years of experience building and delivering front-end software.
• You have a solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals.
• You have deep experience in in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and browser APIs
• You are passionate about building beautiful and seamless user interfaces.
• You have love for, and desire to advance, the state of the artof technology.
• You can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones—and sometimes multiple continents.
• You have experience building enterprise level services.
• You have credentials or solid experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in computer science. (Not every has the same educational opportunities; we look more at what you bring to the table than any specific degree.)
• You might even have some experience in server-side technologies: SQL and GQL, and maybe also C#, Java, or NodeJS.

There is no typical day at The Trade Desk or on this team, so we rely much more on your personal qualities and track record than on your experience with any single technology. We care about your attitude when approaching problems; your drive to learn and improve; your openness and generosity when you collaborate.

In accordance with various US state laws, 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, 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 variable compensation-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.

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 $124,900-$220,000 USD

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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