Staff Software Engineer, SWAT

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally- connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small- to medium-sized workplaces globally.

What we do:

SWAT Engineers enjoy dynamic problem solving and rapidly delivering customer value. From identifying performance issues to recommending architectural changes to shipping quick fixes, this is truly a full stack role. Our team advocates for change at an enterprise level working across our entire codebase and with different engineering teams to address high urgency issues. In this job, engineers create tooling and/or processes that help identify and remediate issues. On SWAT we end every day getting things done. We are currently looking for Staff level software engineers as well as Lead Staff candidates that have the capacity to combine being an individual contributor with managing 2-4 engineers.

What you'll do:

• Care deeply about improving customer experience, both internal or external.
• Chase down problems, find the root cause and work with stakeholders to creatively effect the optimal solution.
• Operating outside of areas of expertise and eagerly learn along the way.
• Discover and understand highly technical issues and communicate them to people with no technical background.

Who you are:

• You enjoy troubleshooting complex systems and building tooling to make troubleshooting easier.
• You have the ability to detect subtle but serious dangers in flawed designs.
• You have strong communication skills with developers as well as non-technical stakeholders.
• You're hungry to learn new languages and tools quickly. Examples include C#, T-SQL, Vertica, React - but there are many technologies across The Trade Desk platform that will leverage.
• You're adept at assessing business value - knowing when it's time to let it go and when it's time to keep digging in.

Variety of technical opportunity is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.  

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.