Staff Product Manager, Generalist

The Trade Desk; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 137,300 - 251,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking a Product Manager to own the Developer Experience strategy across the engineering lifecycle. You will define roadmaps for local environments, code workflows, reviews, and cross-team submissions, while advancing AI tools to accelerate development and efficiency.

You will partner with engineering and product teams to craft measurable DX outcomes that drive value. You will lead initiatives that improve the SDLC through innovative tools, automation, and governance, ensuring

Qualifications

• 6+ years of direct Product Management in enterprise software with developer tools.
• Deep understanding of AI in the developer lifecycle, including IDE plugins and CLI tools.
• Ability to translate internal needs into long-term DX strategy.
• Proven track record of delivering large, impactful software projects.
• Strong communication to technical audiences and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated resilience and creative problem solving across projects.
• Passion for building exceptional developer experiences and DX.
• Interest in emerging technologies and DevOps trends.

Responsibilities

• Define the DX strategy and roadmap, including local dev envs, checkout/build/merge flows, code reviews, and cross-team submissions.
• Lead AI strategy/tools to boost engineer efficiency and inner development loop activity.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and stakeholders to set metrics and drive data-driven decisions.

Skills

PM experience

AI in SDLC

Backwards design

Developer experience

Engagement with engineering

Communication

Grit

DevOps interest

Job description

About the Trade Desk

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet - from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.

Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world's brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.

The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges - from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you're driven to solve meaningful challenges, we'd love to meet you.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Our mission is to ensure the Trade Desk engineering team can deliver products to our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our goal is that our engineers within the Trade Desk are happy, efficient, and productive. If you are technical, data-driven and creative, with a deep understanding of the software development (SDLC) process and a day in the life of an enterprise developer, with a passion for building great developer experiences, we would love to talk to you about the open positions on our PM team.

The Trade Desk Product Team hires courageous, passionate PMs who set big goals and execute them. We help you grow and challenge you with hard, meaningful work. We celebrate our successes and learn from our failures together. We value and develop strong leadership, asking our PMs to take on ambitious and often ambiguous projects that promise to extend our lead in the industry.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Our teams own the software development life cycle at the Trade Desk - from the first day of a new developer, to the first discussions about a feature, to coding and debugging, through deployment into our global data centers, and all the way to A/B Testing and Experimentation. Our goal is to build tools, frameworks, automation and processes that help our developers focus their time on delivering customer value.

You will be responsible for understanding the needs of our Trade Desk Engineering Team, the tools and processes that they use, the technical governance standards they must meet, and industry trends and best practices. You will be responsible for taking all of that information to define our developer experience (DX) strategy and the roadmap to get there. This includes; refining the local developer environment, how developers checkout, build, and merge code, how developers conduct code reviews, and the stewardship process for cross-team code submissions. You will also be responsible for developing the AI strategy and tools that help engineers be more efficient, innovative, and focus more time on inner development loop activities. You'll work closely with engineering, product, and other key stakeholders to develop the right metrics that drive data-driven decisions and drive execution against the roadmaps you create. This is a strategic role within the Trade Desk Development Platform organization where you will be leading deeply technical projects, AI development strategies, and providing leadership in a complex, fast-paced environment.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

• 6+ years of direct Product Management enterprise software development experience working with local developer tools and IDE's, source code repositories, build and merge processes, deployment frameworks and tools, and product / feature releases.
• A deep understanding of the role of AI in the life of a developer including AI IDE plugins and CLI tools, MCP Servers, AI agent frameworks, and how these work to improve the SDLC.
• Demonstrated "working backwards" from internal customers to build long term strategies and solutions.
• A passion for building great developer experiences and a track record of having done so.
• A proven track record of partnering with engineering teams to solve complex, technical problems and delivering large and impactful software projects with measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills including the confidence to participate in very technical conversations, the ability to drive consensus and commitment, and the ability to crisply communicate delivery timelines, trade-offs and risks to senior management.
• Durability and grit -- sometimes solutions take creative thinking, multiple iterations, and staging while dependencies solidify. You try many different approaches to the right answer.
• Enthusiasm for all things developer, DevOps, emerging technologies, and a desire to keep on top of industry trends

The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

[LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.

[SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave

At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $137,300—$251,800 USD.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

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