The Trade Desk is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in New York, NY. The role involves designing and implementing scalable software components and infrastructure within internal developer platforms and distributed systems to improve engineering productivity and reliability. Responsibilities include optimizing tooling and workflows, conducting technical design and code reviews, providing technical guidance, leading cross-functional projects, developing reusable frameworks and APIs, owning shared libraries or SDKs, and using telemetry and logs to identify bottlenecks and improve system performance. Requirements include a Bachelor's degree with six years of relevant experience or a Master's degree with four years, and experience with REST APIs or gRPC, one or more programming languages (Python, Java, C#, Javascript, C++), rational databases and SQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, S3 or Azure Blob Storage, and monitoring tools like Grafana or Prometheus. The position is full-time with hybrid work permitted within commuting distance. Salary range is $189,592 to $274,700 per year. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans with company match, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, sick and vacation time, paid holidays, stock-based compensation, variable incentives, and an employee stock purchase plan.
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Design and implement scalable software components and infrastructure within internal developer platforms and distributed systems to enhance engineering productivity and reliability
Optimize and refactor existing tooling, services, and workflows to reduce developer friction and improve system performance, fault tolerance, and maintainability across engineering teams
Conduct comprehensive technical design and code reviews for high-impact systems, ensuring architectural alignment, adherence to secure coding practices, and performance efficiency
Serve as a technical advisor to guide software design patterns and best practices across teams
Lead cross-functional technical initiatives by scoping and executing complex projects that span multiple services, teams, and domains, including dependency resolution, phased rollouts, and backward compatibility
Develop reusable frameworks and internal APIs to enable standardized integration and extensibility across the engineering organization
Own shared libraries or SDKs used by multiple services and teams
Use telemetry, logs, and operational data to identify bottlenecks, quantify the impact of engineering investments, and drive decisions around prioritization and architectural improvements
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and six years of experience in the job offered or related role OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and four years of experience in the job offered or related role
Four years of experience with REST APIs or gRPC
Four years of experience with one of: Python, Java, C#, Javascript, or C++
Four years of experience with Rational Databases and SQL
Four years of experience with AWS
Four years of experience with Kubernetes and Docker containers
Four years of experience with S3 or Azure Blob Storage
Two years of experience with Grafana, Prometheus or similar
Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependentsRetirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company matchShort and long-term disability coverageBasic life insuranceWell-being benefitsReimbursement for certain tuition expensesParental leaveSick time of 1 hour per 30 hours workedVacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours through the first year and 160 hours thereafterAround 13 paid holidays per yearEligibility for stock-based compensation grantsVariable compensation-based incentives and commissionsEmployee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchase
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