What we do
Our Lead Senior Staff Software Engineers are end-to-end owners who will participate in all aspects of designing, building, and delivering the foundational experiences that make The Trade Desk platform exceptional for the traders who rely on it every day.
Technical leadership
- Actively review designs, code, and architecture across the teams surface area, from the platform framework to the data-rich tables and panels that traders use every day.
- Deliver meaningful, technical, and hands-on contributions to the teams objectives, from architectural decisions on our shared UI framework to concrete pull requests.
- Understand strategic business priorities and communicate with the team on how their work connects to the broader roadmap and company goals.
- Drive the technical direction for how other engineering teams within Core Workflows - and across the broader organization - build on top of the platform framework the Desk Fundamentals team owns.
Project level processes and execution
- Collaborate with the PM team to develop the roadmap and MVP plans, translating complex UX and platform consistency challenges into clearly scoped, executable engineering work.
- Develop execution plans including resources, milestones, and timelines for roadmap initiatives.
- Define and track the business KPIs and user-facing metrics that connect the teams engineering work to meaningful outcomes, ensuring the team understands the impact of what they ship.
- Continuously analyze and optimize team efficiency, removing blockers and ensuring the team ships with quality.
- Establish and deliver on team commitments, and communicate important developments and changes to area leadership and other stakeholders.
- Measure and maintain the quality of the teams contributions, including platform reliability, consistency, and developer experience for the teams building on top of what we own.
People management
- Manage a small team of talented engineers, serving as both their technical leader and their people manager.
- Help team members develop career growth plans and accelerate toward their next level.
- Give regular and effective feedback, and hold weekly 1:1 meetings with direct reports.
- Conduct annual reviews and make compensation recommendations.
- Foster an inclusive, psychologically safe team culture where diverse perspectives are genuinely valued.