Senior Software Engineer
Company: The Trade Desk
Location: Boulder
Posted on: September 15, 2023
Job Description:
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-medium-sized workplaces globally.The TeamThe
Experiences Web Platform team is responsible for continuously
improving the backend architecture and infrastructure of our
applications that power our core business. This includes thinking
about diverse set of stakeholders - end users, who care about speed
and reliability; engineers, for whom the team tries to deliver the
best development experience and remove any red tape; and lastly,
long term business needs, where the team needs to stay few steps
ahead to ensure long terms performance and scalability of our web
platformWhat You Will Do:
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- Help transition business-critical features from REST Api to
services powered by GraphQL
- Work on backend infrastructure projects that serve as the
backbone for our core platform that our clients interact with
- Own your projects end-to-end. You will participate actively in
all aspects of designing, building, and delivering products
- Think of how to deliver better developer experience
- Collaborate with the rest of the Experiences team to understand
the long-term requirements and goalsDesired Skills and
Capabilities:We are looking for engineers with the following skill
sets, experience, and passions. You do not have to meet all the
requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of
them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role:
- Strong understanding and experience of C# and .NET Core
- Experience with architectural patterns of large, high-scale web
applications
- Passion for learning and experimenting with innovative
approaches to solving large scale problems
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team which touches many
parts of core systems
- Experience with service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Understanding and experience with building CI/CD and build
pipelines is a big plus
- Understanding and experience with GraphQL is a plusWhat We Care
About: -What and how you can contribute -is -what's -important -to
us. Our consideration is not limited by the -kind of education you
have -or -the -specific -technologies you -have experience -with.
Variety -of technical challenge is one of the best things about
working at The Trade Desk as an engineer, but 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 solve -complex
problems using the best tools -for the job. -Our culture runs much
deeper than just having fun together (though, we do that well
too...) -- the -people we want on our team are trust-builders,
generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of
excellence. -Does this sound like you? If so, we welcome your
application and the chance to meet you. -Our Compensation and
Benefits (for NY, CO, CA, and WA residents only) At the Trade Desk,
Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and
benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base
salary range for this role is $121,500 -$222,800 In accordance with
NY, CO, CA, and WA law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's
reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The
actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such
as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All
employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders
through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are
awarded to employees based on company and individual performance.
The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role
such as sales-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected
benefits for this role include 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, and around 13 paid holidays
per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a
discount through The Trade Desk's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The
Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click -here
to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable
incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan,
vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave 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. Our
media-buying platform helps deliver a more insightful and relevant
ad experience for consumers - and sets a new standard for global
reach, accuracy, and transparency.For the past 10 years, we've been
transforming media for the benefit of humankind. We're passionate
about keeping the internet free and open to everyone, because when
content creators thrive, the internet as a whole prospers - free of
the restrictions from a few big companies.So if you're talented,
driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and
wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then
we want to talk.
Keywords: The Trade Desk, Boulder , Senior Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Boulder, Colorado
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