Senior Software Engineer - OpenPath

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. As a Senior Engineer on the OpenPath team, you will be responsible for architecting and building systems that power direct publisher integrations and the publisher platform, focusing on transparency and efficiency in programmatic advertising.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance systems that enable direct publisher integrations and transparent supply paths
• Lead platform infrastructure efforts, including components that support Prebid header bidding and publisher tooling
• Drive key architectural decisions for greenfield codebases and next-generation services
• Partner closely with product managers, data scientists, client services, data partnerships, inventory teams, and FP&A to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Develop and maintain the publisher platform that empowers publishers to manage their integrations
• Drive system performance improvements to support large datasets (e.g., 100% avails, user data) with high availability and low latency
• Mentor engineers across the team and elevate engineering practices
• Champion an iterative, fail-fast culture—rapidly prototyping, learning, and evolving solutions
• Set and uphold technical standards for distributed systems, reliability, and platform development