The Trade Desk, Inc.

The Trade Desk, Inc. is seeking a skilled engineer to lead the design and development of the Janus platform. This role involves ensuring high availability and enabling cross-functional teams with efficient self-service tools. The ideal candidate is experienced in platform services and distributed systems, has a strong focus on user experience, and is comfortable working in ambiguous conditions. Join a collaborative environment where innovation and learning are key!

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. 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. 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. What we do Janus is The Trade Desk's internal feature release platform - the engine behind how every product change reaches clients, from Alpha to General Availability. Our team owns the full stack of a high availability system that integrates with hundreds of internal services and propagates config changes in near real time. We shape how cross functional teams across the company execute go to market, building workflows that let teams act independently and keep every feature launch on track. We hold engineering practices to a high standard and value people who are self driven, take measured risks, and are motivated to help those around them. What you'll do Own the design, development, and evolution of the Janus platform end to end, from frontend workflows to backend infrastructure Build self service tooling that empowers cross functional teams to act independently and reduce bottlenecks in the feature launch process Ensure platform reliability at scale: high availability, high volume traffic handling, and near real time config propagation across hundreds of integrated services Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the company to translate loosely defined requirements into reliable, well engineered solutions Drive architectural decisions and set engineering quality standards for the team Contribute to a culture of good engineering practices, code quality, and knowledge sharing Who you are Experienced building platform services, internal tooling, or developer infrastructure Skilled in distributed systems - you understand the trade offs behind availability, consistency, and low latency data propagation Comfortable navigating ambiguity - you can make progress with loosely defined requirements and multiple stakeholders Thoughtful about user experience - you think from the end user's perspective and can craft workflows that feel intuitive to non technical users Self driven - you take ownership, set your own direction, and follow through without close oversight Collaborative - you actively help teammates grow and succeed, not just deliver your own work Willing to take measured risks and advocate for decisions even when the path isn't fully clear 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. 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. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Please contact for accommodations.

The Trade Desk, Inc. in Greater London is seeking a Lead Systems Reliability Engineer. You will lead a team in managing and optimizing systems at scale, particularly focusing on performance tuning and automation using technologies like Aerospike and Kafka. Ideal candidates have strong Linux knowledge, leadership skills, and a passion for troubleshooting. The role involves working on cutting-edge hardware, benchmarking, and fostering automation within a diverse team focused on global impact.

Overview 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. 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. 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. What we do We are looking to hire a Lead Systems Reliability Engineer to join our engineering team to continue building and maintaining our data-driven platform. We leverage technologies like Aerospike, MongoDB, and Kafka to perform many real time activities, translating to with a p99 latency under 1 millisecond on the back end! Do you enjoy tuning, performance testing, troubleshooting, automation, and operating at scale? Does testing next-gen hardware, evaluating data access patterns, and designing automation around distributed systems excite you? What makes this role different First in the Industry: The Trade Desk is the first company to run over 5MM QPS to NVMe in Aerospike on a single node, forcing core software redesigns to achieve this scale. Work on Cutting-Edge Hardware: Design clusters with nodes featuring 300TB of NVMe, 3TB RAM, and 512 cores, delivering a global 2,500GB/s throughput directly from flash. Shape the Future of Infrastructure: Spec your own systems and collaborate directly with AMD and NoSQL vendors to run PoCs and optimize bleeding-edge technology for internet-scale workloads. Deep Performance Engineering: Dive into kernel, hardware, and system interactions, leveraging tools like flamegraphs, NUMA counters, BIOS tuning, and synthetic testing to achieve world-class performance. Push Hardware Endurance Limits: Build clusters engineered to withstand over 1 zettabyte of endurance. What you'll do Lead a team to influence, manage, and plan work streams, systems, and data structures at scale within a global ecosystem, spanning multiple infrastructure providers (cloud and traditional datacenters). Encourage, improve, and build infrastructure automation in a way that works with stateful systems at scale. Own operations for Linux-based systems running Aerospike, Kafka, and Mongo. Serve as a point of contact to review new use cases, answer questions, and participate in on call rotation. Learn to be a NoSQL SME. You do not need experience to apply - we will train you. Benchmark and analyze next generation hardware offerings. Who you are Skills and Experience Linux operating system Leadership experience and ability to mentor Troubleshooting Techniques for isolation, scientific method Identify bottlenecks (Is it CPU? IO?) Nice-To-Have experience: Physical hardware (on-prem) internals, management, and operation Performing testing and tuning Databases (relational or NoSQL) Ansible/PyInfra/Chef Prometheus Kubernetes Python/Ruby/Rust/Bash/Golang/C# An Empathetic, Objective, Critical Thinker Thinking beyond the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' behind an objective. A welcoming of ideas, and understanding of, perspectives that are different from your own and an interest in seeking and building from a common ground. You are a creative thinker, not bound by "the way things have always been done" but are thinking of the questions nobody has thought of and are "yet to be asked". What you know is less important than how well you learn, innovate, collaborate, and adapt. As a global team from many diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, you value and seek out paths for fostering diversity. 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. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

About the Role We are building a new Business Development team at The Trade Desk, focused on Growth, and we are seeking an exceptional Sr Director within our EMEA Growth team to spearhead direct advertiser growth across the region. This is a high visibility, high impact role responsible for identifying, engaging, pitching, and closing some of the largest and most sophisticated advertisers in the world. This leader will own a focused list of priority EMEA advertisers and be accountable for converting strategic prospects into long term partners, securing direct contracts, and forging Joint Business Plans (JBPs) that unlock transformational value for clients. What you'll do Lead and execute new business strategies across a mix of net new verticals within the Brand Direct Sales team. An IC to start, with vision to serve as a player coach, guiding and mentoring BD Directors while also actively prospecting and closing new MSAs with direct brands. Develop and scale brand partnerships into multimillion dollar accounts through strategic planning and hands on execution. Craft and deliver Joint Business Plans (JBPs) that align with client objectives and drive long term growth. Support Directors in navigating complex sales cycles and closing high value net new MSAs. Collaborate cross functionally with Client Services and Agency teams to ensure seamless execution and client satisfaction. Effectively communicate The Trade Desk's value proposition through detailed product demonstrations and thought leadership. Partner with senior leadership on strategic account planning and execution, including roadmap prioritization and client insights. Advocate for client needs in product development discussions to ensure The Trade Desk's platform continues to address market demands. Who you are Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience. Proven track record of building and scaling brand partnerships into multimillion dollar deals. Experience in a player coach role, leading and mentoring while actively contributing to business development. Expertise in crafting and delivering Joint Business Plans (JBPs) that foster strong client relationships and revenue growth. Deep understanding of the online advertising landscape, with hands on experience at a DSP, SEM platform, ad network, or similar. Strong quantitative and negotiation skills, with a history of exceeding revenue expectations. Skilled communicator capable of presenting to C level stakeholders and influencing decision making. Self driven and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in fast paced environments and manage long sales cycles. Strong collaborator who can work seamlessly with cross functional teams, including Sales, Client Services, Trading, and Product. 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. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.