Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Omnichannel Platform

The Trade Desk, Inc.; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k with company match

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking a software engineer in Boulder, CO to design and build distributed systems powering our real-time advertising platform. You will own projects end to end, collaborating with identity, measurement, and bidding teams to deliver cohesive omnichannel solutions.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of software development experience, strong backend skills in C#, Java, or Python, and thrive in an agile, multi-time-zone team. Clear communication and ownership are valued.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and backend development in C#, Java or Python.
• Comfortable working in an agile, distributed team across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems that orchestrate advertising across channels, ensuring a unified narrative from first impression to conversion.
• Work across team boundaries — partnering with identity, measurement, and bidding teams to integrate their capabilities into cohesive omnichannel solutions.
• Own projects end to end, from early design through production rollout and ongoing operation.
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into concrete technical designs and execution plans.
• Deliver high-quality changes with automated tests, metrics, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to define what success looks like and drive toward it.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to a culture of trust, ownership, and technical excellence.

Skills

4+ years experience

Distributed systems

Backend development (C#, Java, Python)

Job description

The Trade Desk is seeking a software engineer in Boulder, CO to design and build distributed systems powering our real-time advertising platform. You will own projects end to end, collaborating with identity, measurement, and bidding teams to deliver cohesive omnichannel solutions.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of software development experience, strong backend skills in C#, Java, or Python, and thrive in an agile, multi-time-zone team. Clear communication and ownership are valued.