Senior Full-Stack Engineer: End-to-End Platform Builder

The Trade Desk, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 138,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Healthcare benefits

401k with company match

Parental leave

Vacation and paid holidays

Job summary

The Trade Desk is a global technology company seeking experienced software engineers to design and build end-to-end systems for omnichannel advertising campaigns. You will work across identity, measurement, and bidding teams to deliver scalable backend services and data-focused products.

You will own projects from design through production, mentor peers, and thrive in a distributed agile team across time zones with a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and backend development in C#, Java, or Python.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Thrives in ambiguity and can translate requirements into actionable plans.
• Experience in an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems that orchestrate advertising across channels and ensure a unified narrative.
• Collaborate with identity, measurement, and bidding teams to create cohesive omnichannel solutions.
• Own projects end to end from design through production rollout and operation.
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into concrete technical designs.
• Deliver high-quality changes with automated tests, metrics, and monitoring.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of trust and technical excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend development

C#

Java

Python

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Flink

Job description

The Trade Desk is a global technology company seeking experienced software engineers to design and build end-to-end systems for omnichannel advertising campaigns. You will work across identity, measurement, and bidding teams to deliver scalable backend services and data-focused products.

You will own projects from design through production, mentor peers, and thrive in a distributed agile team across time zones with a focus on reliability and performance.