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The Trade Desk
Software Engineer II
The Trade Desk
San Francisco•Hybrid•Salary•1-3 Yrs•1 day ago
Job description
digital advertisingbackend systemsscalabilitydata processingcloud native
Overview
The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, helping advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and system components using object-oriented languages such as Java, Scala or Python
- Design and implement data processing workflows using Apache Spark or distributed data processing frameworks
- Develop high-performance and scalable data access layers with efficient querying algorithms, caching strategies, and low-latency data retrieval
- Implement and maintain cloud-native services deployed on container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, ECS) and integrate with cloud infrastructure components
- Design and validate API contracts, service interfaces, and cross-service communication patterns (REST, RPC, asynchronous messaging)
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab CI including automated build processes, test execution, and controlled deployment workflows
- Instrument applications for observability by implementing metrics, structured logs, or distributed tracing
- Investigate and resolve software defects or performance issues by analyzing logs, system metrics, and profiling results
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to convert business and functional requirements into technical specifications and system designs
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- Working knowledge of at least one programming language including Java, Scala, or Python
- Experience with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker
- Experience designing and validating API contracts and service interfaces including REST, RPC, or asynchronous messaging patterns
- Experience implementing CI/CD workflows including Gitlab CI, automating builds, testing and controlled deployments
- Experience with observability practices including metrics, structured logging, or distributed tracing instrumentation
- Experience diagnosing and debugging software issues using logs, system metrics, or profiling tools
Nice to have
- Advanced experience in backend or infrastructure systems
- Experience working on large-scale distributed systems
- Familiarity with performance optimization techniques
- Knowledge of microservice architectures
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
Benefits
- 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
- Around 13 paid holidays per year
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (stock at a discount)