Senior Software Engineer, Platform Architect (Greenfield)

Thetradedesk; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

401k plan and company match

Parental leave

Short and long-term disability coverage

Job summary

The Trade Desk is looking for a Senior Engineer on the OpenPath team to lead initiatives in digital advertising. This role involves architecting and building high-performance systems for direct publisher integrations, impacting billions in ad spend.

As a technical leader, you'll mentor engineers and work collaboratively to drive system performance while leveraging technologies including C#, Scala, and Docker. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for technology and transparency in outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and scaling large distributed systems.
• Strong architectural instincts for reliability, performance, and scale.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-team initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance systems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Drive system performance improvements to support large datasets.

Skills

Senior-level Engineer

Architectural design

Distributed systems

Mentoring

C#

Scala

Go

React

TypeScript

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Trade Desk is looking for a Senior Engineer on the OpenPath team to lead initiatives in digital advertising. This role involves architecting and building high-performance systems for direct publisher integrations, impacting billions in ad spend.

As a technical leader, you'll mentor engineers and work collaboratively to drive system performance while leveraging technologies including C#, Scala, and Docker. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for technology and transparency in outcomes.