The Trade Desk · 2 weeks ago
Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Custom Solutions
Bellevue
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$244K/yr - $365K/yr
13+ years expThe Trade Desk is a global technology company focused on creating a better internet through intelligent advertising. As a Senior Manager in Software Engineering, you will lead distributed teams in building and operating large-scale systems while ensuring high standards of engineering excellence and fostering a strong team culture.
AdvertisingDigital MediaInformation TechnologyInternetMobileNative AdvertisingSocialSoftwareVideo Advertising
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives with ambiguous requirements, align stakeholders, and drive execution to measurable outcomes
Lead and develop multiple teams across regions (including people leaders and senior technical leaders), build a culture of high standards, ownership, and continuous improvement
Define and execute the technical vision and strategy for your area, balance near-term delivery with reusable foundations and long-term platform leverage
Make portfolio-level decisions on what to build, what to standardize, and what to decline, ensure capacity is aligned to the highest-impact work
Drive architectural direction and quality at scale through reference architectures, integration patterns, data contracts, and appropriate security/privacy guardrails
Establish clear operating mechanisms for intake and prioritization, delivery governance, escalation paths, postmortems, and support models for production systems
Partner effectively across Product, Solution Consulting, Technical Account Management, Business Development, Data Science, and platform engineering to align roadmaps, manage expectations, and resolve escalations
Define success metrics and instrumentation to measure quality and business impact (e.g., adoption/usage, reliability, support load, and stakeholder outcomes)
Own resource planning across regions, hiring strategy, org design, performance management, and succession planning to build a durable leadership bench
Stay close to architecture and delivery to guide tradeoffs, remove blockers, and ensure high-quality outcomes
Qualification
Required
13+ years of software development experience, including building and maintaining production systems
5+ years of experience managing managers and/or leading multiple teams through senior technical leaders
Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field (or equivalent experience)
Strong technical background in distributed systems, API design, and cloud infrastructure, able to guide architecture and tradeoffs at scale
Proven ability to run complex, cross-functional programs with high ambiguity, competing priorities, and external stakeholders
Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management, able to align teams and drive decisions with clarity and credibility
Deep understanding of modern software development practices (engineering excellence, operational rigor, delivery mechanisms)
Experience operating in an Agile environment across multiple concurrent initiatives and geographically distributed teams
Preferred
Ad-tech domain experience is a plus
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
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
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
Company
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (57)
2024 (49)
2023 (38)
2022 (39)
2021 (31)
2020 (15)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$257.5MKey Investors
Wellington ManagementBridge BankHermes Growth Partners
2021-07-08Post Ipo Equity
2016-09-21IPO
2016-05-09Debt Financing· $125M
Leadership Team
Jeff Green
CEO
Mitch Waters
SVP - Southeast Asia, India, Australia & New Zealand
Recent News
2026-01-06
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