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High Performance Computing roles at national labs, research universities, and cloud infrastructure companies are among the most consistent H-1B visa sponsors in the country. HPC positions typically qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS standards, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, computational science, or a related engineering discipline.
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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- to medium-sized workplaces globally.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The High-Performance Computing team powers core bidding platform by supplying large amounts of user and graph data, ensuring data availability, freshness and quality.
- You will be working on system-level optimization in throughput and network bandwidth as well as applying creative probabilistic algorithms to support future scale of user targeting data. You will be responsible for ensuring health and scalability the user data infrastructure of as our platform evolves.
- We expect our engineers to be end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all aspects of software lifecycle, including research, experimentation, architecture, coding, quality assurance, monitoring, maintenance, continuous optimization and automation.
- We have dozens of mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces – to name a few.
- Senior Engineers contribute to more than our product – they build up our team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, and/or direct management of small teams, they make others better and raise the bar for those around them.
We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.
WHO YOU ARE
Our culture is much deeper than just having fun together (though, we do that well too...). We take pride in our engineers being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of excellence. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role:
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6+ years’ professional experience in high impact software development environment
- Hands-on experience with a variety of platforms and technologies: .NET Core & C#, Java, Linux, Networking, Streaming Systems, NoSQL databases, Distributed Systems
- A candidate with deep expertise at the intersection of distributed system, high-performance computing, math and advertising, ideally someone who has built large-scale distributed systems and understands ads ecosystem.
- Be responsible for planning and execution of initiatives, guiding and assigning work for other team members, but not necessarily as a people manager.
- Understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices.
- You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience.
Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have.
KEY ATTRIBUTES
- You understand engineering fundamentals and think from first principles. At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You must evaluate specific solutions for specific problems.
- You have proven records of building distributed systems that are always online.
- You work with confidence and without ego, hold 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 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.
- You are a creative thinker, ready to learn and innovate, and not bound by "the way things have always been done".
Variety of technical opportunities is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.
COMPENSATION
- Base Salary: $124,900 - $228,900 USD
CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC 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 variable compensation-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.
NOTE: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Please reach out to us at accommodations@thetradedesk.com to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process.
When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions. Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions.
INTRODUCTION
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- to medium-sized workplaces globally.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The High-Performance Computing team powers core bidding platform by supplying large amounts of user and graph data, ensuring data availability, freshness and quality.
- You will be working on system-level optimization in throughput and network bandwidth as well as applying creative probabilistic algorithms to support future scale of user targeting data. You will be responsible for ensuring health and scalability the user data infrastructure of as our platform evolves.
- We expect our engineers to be end-to-end owners. You will participate actively in all aspects of software lifecycle, including research, experimentation, architecture, coding, quality assurance, monitoring, maintenance, continuous optimization and automation.
- We have dozens of mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to work on large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces – to name a few.
- Senior Engineers contribute to more than our product – they build up our team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, and/or direct management of small teams, they make others better and raise the bar for those around them.
We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.
WHO YOU ARE
Our culture is much deeper than just having fun together (though, we do that well too...). We take pride in our engineers being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of excellence. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role:
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6+ years’ professional experience in high impact software development environment
- Hands-on experience with a variety of platforms and technologies: .NET Core & C#, Java, Linux, Networking, Streaming Systems, NoSQL databases, Distributed Systems
- A candidate with deep expertise at the intersection of distributed system, high-performance computing, math and advertising, ideally someone who has built large-scale distributed systems and understands ads ecosystem.
- Be responsible for planning and execution of initiatives, guiding and assigning work for other team members, but not necessarily as a people manager.
- Understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices.
- You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience.
Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have.
KEY ATTRIBUTES
- You understand engineering fundamentals and think from first principles. At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You must evaluate specific solutions for specific problems.
- You have proven records of building distributed systems that are always online.
- You work with confidence and without ego, hold 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 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.
- You are a creative thinker, ready to learn and innovate, and not bound by "the way things have always been done".
Variety of technical opportunities is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start. What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We don't need engineers who know all the answers; we need engineers who can invent the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.
COMPENSATION
- Base Salary: $124,900 - $228,900 USD
CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC 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 variable compensation-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.
NOTE: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Please reach out to us at accommodations@thetradedesk.com to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process.
When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions. Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in High Performance Computing
Map your degree to HPC specialty occupation
USCIS evaluates whether your degree field directly relates to the HPC role. A computational science or computer engineering degree maps cleanly. If yours is adjacent, prepare a credential evaluation letter explaining the connection before you start applying.
Target employers with cap-exempt status
National labs like Argonne, Oak Ridge, and Sandia, plus many research universities, are cap-exempt H-1B employers. They can file year-round without lottery risk. Filter for these in Migrate Mate to prioritize employers who can start your petition on any timeline.
Verify prevailing wage tiers for your role
HPC roles span SOC codes from computer systems analysts to software developers. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check which SOC code your job title falls under and which wage level your experience supports. Misclassification is a common LCA issue.
Ask about premium processing during offer negotiation
Standard H-1B processing can run several months. USCIS offers premium processing with a 15-business-day adjudication window. Confirm during the offer stage whether your employer will elect premium so your start date aligns with project timelines.
Document parallel computing experience precisely
USCIS RFEs on HPC petitions often challenge whether the role genuinely requires a specialized degree. Your resume and employer support letter should specify architectures you've worked on, such as MPI, CUDA, or OpenMP, not just list generic programming skills.
Use O*NET to validate your job zone classification
Pull the O*NET profile for your specific HPC role before your employer files the LCA. It shows the education and training requirements USCIS and DOL both reference. Roles in Job Zone 4 or 5 support specialty occupation arguments most cleanly.
H-1B Visa High Performance Computing: Frequently Asked Questions
Do High Performance Computing jobs qualify as H-1B specialty occupations?
Yes. HPC roles require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, computational engineering, or applied mathematics, which satisfies USCIS's specialty occupation standard. The O*NET profiles for parallel computing and systems architecture roles consistently show Job Zone 4 or 5 classifications, which strengthens the petition. Your employer's support letter should connect your specific role duties to that degree requirement explicitly.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for HPC roles?
National laboratories, research universities, federal contractors, and large cloud infrastructure companies are the most active H-1B sponsors for HPC talent. Many national labs and universities are cap-exempt employers, meaning they aren't subject to the annual 85,000-slot lottery and can file petitions at any point during the year. You can browse verified H-1B sponsors for HPC positions on Migrate Mate, filtered by employer type and filing history.
How does the H-1B lottery affect HPC job seekers?
For-profit employers are subject to the annual H-1B cap, with USCIS accepting registrations in March each year for an October 1 start date. If your employer is cap-subject and you aren't selected, your authorization can't begin until the next fiscal year. HPC professionals who hold a master's degree or higher from a U.S. institution get entered into the advanced-degree exemption pool first, which historically carries a higher selection rate than the general cap.
What SOC code typically applies to H-1B petitions for HPC engineers?
HPC roles most often file under SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) or 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators), depending on whether the work is primarily code development or systems administration. Some roles in research computing file under 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts) or 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other). The SOC code determines the prevailing wage level your employer must certify on the LCA, so verify the correct classification with the OFLC Wage Search before the petition is drafted.
Can I change H-1B employers if I'm already working in an HPC role?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once your new I-129 petition is filed, without waiting for approval, as long as your prior H-1B was approved and you've been in valid status. The new employer must file a transfer petition and certify a new LCA reflecting their location and wage levels. You don't need to restart the cap lottery because you're already counted against it.