Staff Software Engineer - AI Developer Experience

The Trade Desk is a global technology company seeking a Staff or Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join their Developer Experience team. The role involves building AI-powered developer platforms that accelerate engineering velocity and improve developer workflows.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in developer platform/productivity teams
• Proven experience integrating AI/LLM-based tools into production systems
• Strong backend development skills in C#/Java, Python, Go and experience with cloud-native platforms (AWS/Kubernetes, Databricks)
• Deep understanding of GenAI techniques including MCP, RAG, prompt engineering, and model fine-tuning
• Experience building scalable, robust services and developer-facing tools
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams

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
• 13 paid holidays per year