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The Trade Desk Lead Senior Software Engineer in Bellevue, Washington
The Trade Desk, Inc.
Lead Senior Software Engineer with The Trade Desk, Inc. in Bellevue, WA.
- Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in Bellevue, WA.
Job Duties: Design, maintain, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and scalable build and deployment processes. Build and maintain internal tools (CLIs, dashboards, bots) that automate workflows and improve developer productivity. Implement monitoring and alerting systems for build health, test reliability, and performance regressions using tools like Prometheus or Grafana. Maintain and improve local development environments and onboarding processes to ensure consistency and ease of use. Create and maintain internal documentation and lead training sessions to educate developers on tools, systems, and workflows. Partner with engineering, SRE, and security teams to gather feedback and continuously improve developer experience and tooling. Research, evaluate, and pilot new technologies and workflows that enhance developer productivity and code quality. Manage junior engineers on technical work, give regular feedback and perform semi-annual reviews.
Salary: $212,202 - $274,700/year
Position Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and six (6) years of experience in the job offered or related role. Must have four (4) years of experience with one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL. Must have four (4) years of experience with: design patterns and software architecture design patterns; and building micro-services. Must have three (3) years of experience managing self-hosted GitLab and GitLab runners. Must have two (2) years of experience with: Kubernetes; cloud computing; and managing multiple CI systems and migrating CI to Gitlab. Must have one (1) year of experience mentoring junior software engineers.
Qualified Applicants: Apply online at https://careers.thetradedesk.com/jobs/5093380007/lead-senior-software-engineer{rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}