The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a
better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent
advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at
an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and
more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership,
empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and
perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are
committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their
authentic selves to work every day.
Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to
join a dynamic, globally-connected team where your contributions will make
a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see
why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best
small-medium-sized workplaces globally.
The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a
better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent
advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platform operates at
an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and
more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership,
empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and
perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are
committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their
authentic selves to work every day.
Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to
join a dynamic, globally connected team where your contributions will make
a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and
see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the
best small-medium-sized workplaces globally.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our team is responsible for the development of algorithms that help power
our real time bidding platform with the ultimate goal of helping thousands of
customers run effective advertising campaigns. Many of our problems
involve deep learning algorithms to train and develop inference at scale.
Some of the challenges include the parsing of noisy labels and
data, working with large output spaces (thousands of labels), millisecond
latency requirements, high QPS requirements (thousands or millions per
second), and unreliable ground truth.
Data scientists on our team work closely with engineering throughout the
lifecycle of the product, from ideation to productionalization and
monitoring.
Our data scientists are end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all
aspects of designing, researching, building, and delivering data-focused
products for our clients.
We are a team built on a foundation of generosity and openness, and we
expect our data scientists to help make others better and raise the bar for
those around them. As a Data Scientist, you will contribute meaningfully
through leading others.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
You have a sustained track record of making significant, self-
directed end-to-end contributions to complex multi-
layered impactful machine learning projects.
You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the
'why' behind what you are doing and anticipate problems that may be
several degrees removed from obvious requirements.
You make your team better by proactively advocating for and
driving improvements not just to what the team produces, but also the
ways in which the team works.
You have a strong sense of data intuition. At our scale, many off-
the-shelf modeling techniques (open source and enterprise)
simply don't work. You are able to work from first principles to develop
solutions and adapt them to a unique environment.
You are a broadly skilled data scientist with
deep expertise working with embedded models in always-
on production systems and working across a variety of technologies
and data sources.
You have a product-focused mindset. You have the passion and
ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our
clients and push forward one of the world’s largest and most influential
industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-
based decision-making.
You work with confidence and without ego. Our data scientists
have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their
daily work. You have strongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocate for
what you believe is right. You are also adept
at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and
quick to support your fellow teammates.
You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team
from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and
perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that
are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from
common ground.
You are a creative thinker, not bound by "the way things have
always been done." What you know is less important than how well you
learn and innovate. We don't need data scientists who know all the
answers; we need data scientists who can invent the answers no one
has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.
You have an abundance of intellectual curiosity and are
enthusiastic to learn (and teach) new technologies/techniques.
You are comfortable working on an agile, distributed team
spanning multiple time zones and continents.
You are able to communicate effectively across both technical
and non-technical audiences.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE
We do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start at
TTD. What we care most about is that you can learn quickly and solve
complex problems using the best tools for the job. However, we find that the
most successful candidates typically come in with something like the
following experience:
BS/MS with 4+ years or a PhD with 2+ years of experience
working in a DS or ML role that involves bringing products from
ideation to production.
The ability to communicate with diverse stakeholders, making
architecture recommendations, ensuring effective execution, and
measuring quality of outcomes.
Experience running heavy workloads on a distributed computing
cluster (especially EMR or Databricks), leveraging technologies like
Spark to work with large datasets preferred.
Proficient in at least two of: R, Python, Java, or Scala. Expert at
one of those. Strong SQL skills.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience with deep learning, TensorFlow/PyTorch preferred.
Experience with time-series, controls, dynamical systems or
reinforcement learning.
Proficient in software engineering concepts like containerization,
object-oriented.
Our Compensation and Benefits (for NY, CO, CA, and WA residents
only)
At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total
compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary
range. The base salary range for this role is
$121,500 -$222,800
In accordance with NY, CO, CA, and WA law, the range provided is The Trade
Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The
actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as
experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be
eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-
based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on
company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other
compensation depending on the role such as sales-based incentives and
commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include 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,
and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The
Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn
more.
Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-
based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or
parental leave
The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm
recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a
recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be
deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal
opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit,
competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on
the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin,
ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic
information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local
law.