Senior Frontend Lead — Platform UI & Frameworks

The Trade Desk; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 166,200 - 304,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401k plan with company match

Paid vacation up to 160 hours after the first year

13 paid holidays annually

Job summary

The Trade Desk, based in Seattle, is looking for a Lead Senior Staff Software Engineer to spearhead technical initiatives and lead a small team in developing UI frameworks for digital advertising. You will own the architecture and enhance the user experience for our platform.

Your role will involve hands-on technical leadership, project management, and ensuring quality across all deliverables. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering and people management, with a strong understanding of cloud computing and agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of software development engineering experience.
• 1+ years of experience directly managing people.
• Experience with full-stack web development and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction across engineering teams.
• Manage a team of talented engineers.
• Collaborate to develop roadmaps and translate UX challenges into engineering work.

Skills

SDLC understanding

DevOps

Cloud computing

Leadership

TypeScript/JavaScript

C#/Java/C/C++/Python/SQL/Scala

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in computer science or relevant engineering field

Tools

Kubernetes

Microservices

Data visualization

Job description

The Trade Desk, based in Seattle, is looking for a Lead Senior Staff Software Engineer to spearhead technical initiatives and lead a small team in developing UI frameworks for digital advertising. You will own the architecture and enhance the user experience for our platform.

Your role will involve hands-on technical leadership, project management, and ensuring quality across all deliverables. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering and people management, with a strong understanding of cloud computing and agile methodologies.