The Trade Desk
digital advertising
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-OpenPath
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“Senior Software Engineer - OpenPath at The Trade Desk. Skills: Architecting and building systems, Direct publisher integrations, Publisher platform. Architecting and building the systems that power direct publisher integrations and the publisher platform. Work on highly impactful greenfield projects that shape the industry’s future—improving transparency, efficiency, and control across billions of impressions and dollars in programmatic spend”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver transparency and competition that lead to better outcomes for advertisers; Improving transparency, efficiency, and control across billions of impressions and dollars in programmatic spend
Industry & Context.
Solve meaningful challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Technical leadership, Inventing answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked
What You'll Do.
Architecting and building the systems that power direct publisher integrations and the publisher platform
Work on highly impactful greenfield projects that shape the industry’s future—improving transparency
and control across billions of impressions and dollars in programmatic spend
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Build teams that learn from one another
Full Job Description
The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more. Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly. The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you. About OpenPath OpenPath provides a direct, transparent connection between The Trade Desk and leading premium publishers—enabling efficient, objective, and high-quality access to inventory for advertisers. By simplifying the programmatic supply chain and reducing intermediaries, OpenPath brings supply path transparency, cost efficiency, and improved visibility into each impression’s value and source. Purpose: OpenPath focuses on creating and managing direct integrations with publishers while providing a robust publisher platform. Unlike an SSP, The Trade Desk remains buy-side focused—we do not optimize publisher yield or manage direct deals. Our mission is to deliver transparency and competition that lead to better outcomes for advertisers. Key Features: Direct access to inventory from top publishers through The Trade Desk platform Infrastructure designed to integrate with transparent demand solutions, including Prebid’s open-source header bidding Emphasis on supply path transparency,
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