Staff Software Engineer – Agentic AI

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.  <br><br>Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly. <br><br>The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.</p></div><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 Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who have the opportunity to participate in many 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 in building the back-end infrastructure of our platform with a focus on quality at scale. This means whether we are building parts of our client-facing applications, internal custom solutions for our own team members, or model pipelines for bidding optimizations, we are making sure that we have infrastructure, development, and tools to do it right and efficiently. </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. We build a distributed system in a highly collaborative environment, utilizing a broad range of technologies. Our back-end developers work on finding solutions to algorithmic, optimization and scale challenges in everything we do. </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">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> <ul> <li>You will participate actively in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering products for our clients.</li> <li>Develop with a variety of platforms and technologies, such Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab, AWS, Azure, Aliyun, .NET Core, Java, Scala, SQL Server, GraphQL.</li> <li>Participate in design reviews and proof of concepts.</li> <li>Contribute to solution design in line with our overall technical roadmap and industry best practices.</li> <li>We have dozens of individual, mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have…