Staff Software Architect — Partner Platform Leader

The Trade Desk; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-based compensation

Health, dental, vision insurance

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead a world-class partner platform. You will define the technical vision, architect scalable services, and contribute code across TypeScript/React front ends and C#/.NET GraphQL services.

You will set standards for API design, security, observability, and Kubernetes-based operations, while simplifying onboarding and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong track record leading complex software initiatives.
• Experience designing durable GraphQL APIs and federation.
• Experience with modern frontend: TypeScript/React and monorepos.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and architectural roadmap for the partner-facing platform.
• Lead scalable platform design across GraphQL, REST, SDKs, micro-frontends, and tools.
• Contribute hands-on with TypeScript/React and C#/.NET production code.
• Set standards for schema, API consistency, security, observability, and Kubernetes ops.
• Simplify partner onboarding, testing, certification, launch, and optimization.
• Transform cross-team needs into reusable platform services and components.
• Guide cross-team schema governance, tooling, and architecture decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

GraphQL federation

API design

TypeScript/React

C#/TypeScript

Security & Auth

Observability

Kubernetes

Leadership

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

GraphQL

REST APIs

SQL Server

Azure/AWS

Job description

The Trade Desk is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead a world-class partner platform. You will define the technical vision, architect scalable services, and contribute code across TypeScript/React front ends and C#/.NET GraphQL services.

You will set standards for API design, security, observability, and Kubernetes-based operations, while simplifying onboarding and cross-team collaboration.