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Senior Software Engineer - Identity Team

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Key details

Salary

$125K – $229K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Full job description

The Trade Desk is hiring a Senior Identity Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems and data products processing petabyte-scale data. The role involves collaborating with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver reliable, high-performance systems globally. Candidates must have 7+ years of software engineering experience in data-intensive or platform domains, with strong ownership of large data engineering projects, distributed systems expertise, and hands-on experience with big data pipelines using Spark or ETL. Proficiency in Java, C#, SQL, and familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and service-oriented architectures is required. The role focuses on building and maintaining identity graphs linking signals across devices and environments in a privacy-conscious manner, and developing frameworks to evaluate system performance. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, sick and vacation time, paid holidays, stock-based compensation, and an employee stock purchase plan. Base salary range is $124,900 to $228,900 USD. Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems and data products processing petabyte-scale data
  • Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver reliable, high-performance systems at global scale
  • Build and maintain large-scale identity graphs linking signals across devices, channels, and environments in a privacy-conscious way
  • Develop frameworks to evaluate identity graph performance measuring accuracy, coverage, and quality
  • Work at the intersection of data engineering, distributed systems, and data science/ML
  • Own systems end-to-end with a focus on reliability and scalability

Requirements

  • 7+ years of impactful work in Software Engineering, with experience in data-intensive or platform-oriented domains
  • Experience in the Identity space is a plus
  • Track record of ownership with significant, self-directed, end-to-end contributions to large data engineering projects
  • Experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems across cloud and physical infrastructure
  • Hands-on experience with high-throughput pipelines processing billions of records using technologies like Spark, ETL, or similar
  • Commercial development skills in Object-Oriented programming (Java, C# and SQL) and design
  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and web-based, service-oriented architectures
  • Product-focused mindset with passion for client delight and industry openness
  • Ability to collaborate and foster diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives

Tech stack

JavaC#SQLSparkETLDockerKubernetesAWS

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependentsRetirement benefits including 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 up to 120 hours in the first year and 160 hours thereafterAround 13 paid holidays per yearEligibility for stock-based compensation grants based on company and individual performanceVariable compensation-based incentives and commissions depending on roleEmployee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchase

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