The Trade Desk

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Infra/Platform, VenturaOS

Bellevue · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$137k-$252kDetected 2 days ago

TypeScriptJavaGoC#KotlinNode.jsCode ReviewGitSQLNoSQLPostgreSQLMySQLRedisAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDJenkinsPrometheusPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningIncident Response

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59Sponsors, lottery-bound

Cap-exempt (no lottery)0

Sponsors this role82

Entry-level history0

PERM / green-card track0

Lottery odds (Level IV)94

Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level I · 1×

Level I$111,6131 entry

Level II$143,1042 entries

Level III$174,5953 entries

Level IV$206,0864 entries

$5,804 more — $143,104 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.

Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $143,104 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 4 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card intent detected

THE TRADE DESK, INC. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Project Management Specialists in New York, NEW YORK on 2026-03-04. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 13 days (2026-09-19), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.+2 more active determinations on file

Green-card follow-through: 50%

Of 8 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 4 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 515 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

9 transfer filings in the last year, covering 9 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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About the role

Infra is the foundation Ventura OS is built on.
We power the GPU and ML-serving infrastructure behind applied science and AI-assisted tools.
If it runs, ships, trains, or gets measured on Ventura OS, it runs on infrastructure we built.

Responsibilities

You'll be an end-to-end owner of the systems this team runs - designing, building, operating, monitoring, and setting the standards other inherit.
Build, automate, and operate the compute (VMs, Kubernetes), networking (VPN, edge services), database (SQL/NoSQL), storage, and identity services every Ventura partner team depends on - using infrastructure-as-code and automation-first practices, and forecasting capacity needs ahead of demand for compute, storage, and GPU resources.
Partner with application teams to design, implement, and scale the services and infrastructure behind their products.
Own the identity, security, and compliance model for Ventura OS cloud services - authentication, authorization, audit, and adherence to security and compliance standards for every request, from internal employees to external partners.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and cost while balancing availability, efficiency, and cloud spend across the infrastructure we run.
Deliver highly available build infrastructure (GitLab, Jenkins, Gerrit) and developer tooling relied on by internal engineers and external partner vendors alike.
Lead the GPU infrastructure and model-serving platforms behind applied science workloads and AI-assisted tools, including code review and incident-response automation.
Own end-to-end telemetry infrastructure - client-side ingestion, processing pipelines, data warehousing, and analytics reporting with data privacy and governance built in by design.
Drive major infrastructure and platform migrations, and lead adoption of new tools and standards across the org
Own operational excellence for every service we run - observability, SLOs, on-call, incident response, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and the documentation and runbooks that keep teams resilient during handoffs.

Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time on cloud platforms or distributed systems. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience - we care more about what you can contribute than your credentials.
A sustained track record of self-directed, end-to-end ownership of complex, high-impact projects - you think beyond the immediate task of understanding the "why."
Strong engineering fundamentals and first-principles thinking. At our scale, many off-the-shelf tools and techniques don't work out of the box, and you can evaluate and adapt solutions to a unique environment.
Commercial development experience in a modern backend language (Node.js/TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Go, or C#).
Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating cloud services and/or infrastructure in production, at a meaningful scale.
Strong background in infrastructure-as-code and automation, and the discipline to get it right.
Hands-on experience instrumenting production services for observability - metrics (e.g., Prometheus), structured logging, distributed tracing - and operating with SLO-driven, on-call rigor.
Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL data stores (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, or similar), including safe tenant-scoped data modeling.
Experience owning a shared platform that other engineering teams build on - codifying standards, running "paved paths," and driving adoption without disrupting partner teams' delivery.
A track record of sound technical decision-making, with experience of mentoring engineers through code and design review.

Nice to have

Deep understanding of cloud services and Kubernetes on AWS, GCP, or Azure at scale.
Exposure to identity/security systems (authN/authZ, audit) in a production environment.
Familiarity with GPU infrastructure or ML-serving platforms.
Background in Smart TV, OTT, or CTV services - or on any infrastructure layer that backs up a hardware fleet or a consumer-facing OS.
In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role.
The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions.
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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Compensation

In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role.

Company info

Ventura OS is a new Smart TV operating system being built inside The Trade Desk, the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising. Where the wider company runs a global-scale DSP, Ventura is closer to a startup inside it: a small team, direct influence over product direction, and a real OS shipping to real devices in real living rooms.
We're deliberately building the CTV supply chain differently: more efficient for advertisers and publishers, more relevant for viewers, and more transparent end-to-end. The backend that powers all of it is being built now, and the Infra team is the critical foundation for it.
About the Team:
Infra is the foundation Ventura OS is built on. We own the compute, storage, and networking, including our Kubernetes platform, that every Ventura runs on, plus the source control and CI/CD pipelines that turn code into shipped products. We power the GPU and ML-serving infrastructure behind applied science and AI-assisted tools. We own every build system across AOSP platform, client experience and mobile, along with the lab infrastructure and release pipelines that keep platform engineering moving. We run build-test-deploy infrastructure for every app in the Ventura ecosystem, first-party and third. And we deliver telemetry end to end - from client ingestion to the dashboards leadership reads.
Ventura OS is a new Smart TV operating system being built inside The Trade Desk, the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising.
Where the wider company runs a global-scale DSP, Ventura is closer to a startup inside it: a small team, direct influence over product direction, and a real OS shipping to real devices in real living rooms.
We're deliberately building the CTV supply chain differently: more efficient for advertisers and publishers, more relevant for viewers, and more transparent end-to-end.
The backend that powers all of it is being built now, and the Infra team is the critical foundation for it.
We own the compute, storage, and networking, including our Kubernetes platform, that every Ventura runs on, plus the source control and CI/CD pipelines that turn code into shipped products.
We own every build system across AOSP platform, client experience and mobile, along with the lab infrastructure and release pipelines that keep platform engineering moving.
We run build-test-deploy infrastructure for every app in the Ventura ecosystem, first-party and third.
And we deliver telemetry end to end - from client ingestion to the dashboards leadership reads.
As a member of the Infrastructure team, you'll be responsible for the scalability, performance, reliability, and visibility of every cloud service powering Ventura TV OS.
In addition to the core responsibilities of a backend engineer, you will:
Own AOSP platform, client experience and mobile build systems, lab infrastructure, release pipelines, and shared platform-engineering tooling plus build, test, and deployment infrastructure for first- and third-party Ventura apps.
Who You Are:
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