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Lead Staff Software Engineer
full-time•London
About this role
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"d62b75aa-1395-4c58-866c-77216779bb85|236","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"Subtitle-2",201340122,"2",134234082,"true",134233614,"true",469778129,"Subtitle-2",335572020,"1",134224900,"true",201342448,"3",469777841,"Eina04-SemiBold",469777842,"Times New Roman",469777843,"",469777844,"Eina04-SemiBold",469769226,"Eina04-SemiBold,Times New Roman",335551500,"15899170",268442635,"32",335559704,"1033",335559740,"240",201341983,"0",335559739,"60",335559738,"240",335560102,"2",134245418,"true",469778324,"heading 3"]}">What </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">we</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2"> do</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2"> </span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":60,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Our Lead Staff Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who will participate in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products for our stakeholders.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">At The Trade Desk we believe that each opportunity to engage with all internal and external stakeholders, is unique. This means </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">y</span></span><span data-contrast="auto">ou will have the opportunity, based on your interests and background, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">interactive user interfaces</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">– to name a few. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Our system performs all day, every day serving global traffic. It’s important we focus on quality at scale</span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> in an agile environment that is based on collaboration, ownership, and trust.</span></span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Our software engineering teams fully own their charter to work on long term roadmaps while enhancing existing features or tools and continuously gaining efficiency. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">What </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2">you’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle-2"> do:</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":60,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">It’s the best of both worlds. You will get a chance to exercise your technical leadership as well as building up your people management and leadership skills. Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Technical leadership</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Active reviewer of design and code reviews </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Deliver meaningful technical and hands on contributions toward the team's objectives </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Understand strategic business priorities and communicate with the team on how their work fits into the whole.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Own project level processes and execution </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate with the PM (product management) team to develop the roadmap and MVP plans </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Develop execution plans (resources, milestones, and timelines) for the roadmaps </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Continuously analyze and optimize team efficiency </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Establish and deliver on team commitments </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Measure and maintain/improve the quality of the team's contributions </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Communicate important developments and changes to area leadership and other stakeholders </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">People management </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Manage small team </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Help team members develop career growth plans </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Give regular and effective feedback </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Hold weekly 1:1s with directs </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Annual reviews & compensation recommendations</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<div class="p-rich_text_section"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:</strong></div>
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<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You have a sustained track record of leading engineers with a wide range of experience, while also making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large and impactful software projects. You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' behind what you & your team are doing.</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You are a driver. You will be driving technical projects and providing leadership in a ground-breaking and fast-paced environment. This includes task planning and conducting code reviews, as well as individual code contribution.</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You understand engineering fundamentals. At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You are able to work from first principles to evaluate solutions and adapt them to a unique environment.</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Develop with a variety of platforms and technologies, such Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab, AWS, Azure, .NET Core, SQL Server, Authenticate and authorization, and micro services architecture</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Commercial development skills in OO programming (C#, Java or C++) and design</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Cloud-based platform experience (AWS, Azure or Aliyun)</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Excellent understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Understanding of designing web-based, service-oriented applications and integrated back-office systems</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Experience in distributed source control system (such as Git)</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You work with confidence and without ego. Our engineers have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their daily work. You have strongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right. You are also adept at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and quick to walk through fire to support your fellow teammates.</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from common ground.</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">You are a creative thinker, not bound by "the way things have always been done". 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.</li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">A variety of technical opportunities 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 are not seeking engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent answers no one has thought of yet and find answers to the questions yet to be asked.</span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"><em>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.</em></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p>
<p>As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.</p>
<p>Please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">accommodations@thetradedesk.com</a> to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process. </p>
<p>When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions. Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions.</p>
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What you'll do
- Lead Staff Software Engineers will participate in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering data-focused products. They will also manage a small team, help team members develop career growth plans, and ensure the quality of the team's contributions.
About The Trade Desk
It's more than just clicks.
Premium streaming TV. One-click commerce. Trusted journalism. The world’s most popular audio and podcasts. All these amazing online experiences thrive on an open internet. And they’re all fueled by relevant advertising.
That’s why we created an independent media buying platform designed for the open internet.
One that helps brands grow and thrive by giving them access to more: more customers engaging with more of the content they love across more channels and devices, and more transparency and precision at every stage.
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