Senior Software Engineer — Scalable Systems & Platform

The Trade Desk

United States

Remote

USD 190,000 - 275,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

The Trade Desk in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement scalable software components within internal platforms and distributed systems. You will optimize tooling and lead technical reviews to improve performance, reliability, and developer productivity across teams.

Requirements include a BS in CS/CE (MS preferred) with extensive experience in REST/gRPC, languages such as Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript, plus AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and storage like S3 or

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of experience or Master’s with 4 years in the role.
  • 2nd item
  • Experience with REST APIs or gRPC and at least one language (Python/Java/C#/JS/C/C++).
  • Experience with SQL databases, AWS, Kubernetes/Docker, and S3/Azure Blob Storage.
  • Two years of Grafana/Prometheus or similar required.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable software components and infrastructure across internal platforms and distributed systems.

Skills

REST APIs or gRPC
Programming languages (Python/Java/C#/
Grafana/Prometheus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
SQL
S3 or Azure Blob Storage

Job description

The Trade Desk in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement scalable software components within internal platforms and distributed systems. You will optimize tooling and lead technical reviews to improve performance, reliability, and developer productivity across teams.

Requirements include a BS in CS/CE (MS preferred) with extensive experience in REST/gRPC, languages such as Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript, plus AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and storage like S3 or

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