Senior Identity & Distributed Data Engineer

The Trade Desk; Ventura (CA); On-site; USD 124,900 - 228,900; Full time

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to own the design, development, and operation of petabyte-scale identity infrastructure and data products. You will collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver reliable, high‑performance systems serving clients globally.

Candidates should have 7+ years in software engineering, strong experience with distributed systems, big data pipelines, and proficiency in Java/C#/SQL.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of impactful software engineering experience in data-intensive or platform-oriented domains.
• Ownership mindset with end-to-end contributions to large data projects.
• Distributed systems experience across cloud and on‑prem infrastructure.
• Big data pipelines handling billions of records with Spark/ETL or similar.
• Proficient development in Java, C#, SQL; strong design sense.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and service-oriented architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, build, and operation of large-scale distributed systems and data products processing petabytes of data.
• Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver reliable, high‑performance systems at global scale.
• Shape identity graphs and related data pipelines with a privacy-conscious approach.
• Drive learning and innovation, inventing solutions for complex problems.

Job description

The Trade Desk is seeking a Senior Identity Engineer to own the design, development, and operation of petabyte-scale identity infrastructure and data products. You will collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver reliable, high‑performance systems serving clients globally.

Candidates should have 7+ years in software engineering, strong experience with distributed systems, big data pipelines, and proficiency in Java/C#/SQL.