Staff Software Engineer - Bidding Scale and Performance
The Trade Deskabout 3 hours ago
Bellevue, WA, USA +2 more
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$137k - $252k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deliver, and own full lifecycle development software from inception to production.
- Own and drive large initiatives, including planning and organizing work.
- Drive complex changes involving multiple components.
- Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics, and monitoring.
- Collaborate with team members to deliver features.
- Develop product roadmaps.
- Implement and maintain product features.
- Build components and processes that are regularly used by others.
- Build execution plans incorporating user data, observations, and market insight.
- Validate changes to ensure high quality product releases.
- Work in a distributed system environment.
- Understand the business objectives behind the code.
- Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning.
- Lead projects with a high level of technical ambiguity.
- Contribute to development of comprehensive success criteria.
- Lead others through example, mentorship, teaching, and/or participate in hiring activities.
- Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency.
Requirements
- You have 11+ years of software development engineering experience.
- You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents.
- You are able to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences.
- You have a solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals.
- You have experiences working with distributed systems.
- You are proficient in one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL, or Scala.
- You have some knowledge of software development code editors and version control systems.
- You have a track record of leading and completing projects with a high level of technical ambiguity.
- You have additional nice-to-have experience in areas like database engines, building micro-services, operating systems, and cloud technologies.
- You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- 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 and basic life insurance.
- Well-being benefits and reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
- Parental leave and sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
- Vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours through the first year and 160 hours thereafter.
- Around 13 paid holidays per year.
- Employees can purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaCC#C++GitJavaKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLPythonRedisScalaSQL
Categories
BackendDevOpsFull Stack