The Trade Desk Jobs in New York
The Trade Desk jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, with demand concentrated in programmatic advertising, media buying, and data-driven marketing across the city's dense media, finance, and technology sectors, covering roles from entry-level trading analysts through senior programmatic strategists. Most openings are in New York City, with additional activity in White Plains and Newark metro, where major employers including The Trade Desk's own New York office, IPG Mediabrands, and GroupM maintain substantial teams. The most in-demand specialties are programmatic campaign management, audience targeting, and supply-side platform operations. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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INTRODUCTION
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 THE TEAM:
The Platform Security team builds foundational systems that enable secure, reliable operation of The Trade Desk at scale. We focus on making security resilient, developer‑friendly, and deeply integrated into the platform.
Our team builds and operates critical services including:
- Authentication and authorization for users and services
- Workload identity (SPIFFE / SPIRE‑based)
- Secrets and certificate management
- Security health monitoring and risk mitigation
- Golden images, just‑in‑time access, and secure shared libraries
We partner with teams across the company to deliver tools, libraries, and frameworks that run across Kubernetes, cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Aliyun), and on‑prem infrastructure, supporting a global fleet of 15,000+ machines.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Lead / Senior Software Engineer on Platform Security, you will serve as a technical leader and end‑to‑end owner for security‑critical systems that operate at massive scale.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, reliability, and security. You will lead the design and evolution of core security platforms, drive complex initiatives across teams, and raise the bar for how security is built and operated across The Trade Desk. You will manage a small team of Engineers to include leading technical direction, mentorship, and ownership.
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.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Lead the design, implementation, and long‑term evolution of large‑scale security services, from architecture through production operations
- Own complex, cross‑cutting initiatives spanning authentication, authorization, identity, and secure access
- Make and influence architectural decisions that balance security, reliability, scalability, and developer experience
- Drive high‑quality engineering practices, including testing, observability, operational readiness, and incident response
- Build and maintain shared libraries and frameworks that standardize authentication, authorization, and security best practices across the company
- Partner closely with engineers, SREs, and stakeholders across teams to deliver secure‑by‑default platforms
- Mentor and guide other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical leadership
- Participate in on‑call rotations and lead incident response for security‑critical systems
- Help shape future‑looking initiatives, including AI‑driven systems that reason about security posture, model architecture, and surface risk automatically
- This role requires comfort operating in ambiguity and driving outcomes that impact the broader platform.
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:
- 7+ years of established experience in a high scale environment that values infrastructure as code capabilities
- Previous Lead experience is desired in this role
- Significant professional experience building and operating production systems using an object‑oriented language such as C#, Java, C++, or similar
- Proven experience designing and delivering distributed systems at scale
- Strong experience deploying and operating services using infrastructure‑as‑code and automated deployment pipelines
- Deep understanding of system reliability, observability, and operational excellence
- Experience leading technical design and influencing architecture across teams
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring other engineers
- 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.
NICE TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience designing or operating identity and access management (IAM) systems
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or hybrid infrastructure at scale
- Background in security engineering or site reliability engineering
- Interest in applying automation or AI to improve security posture and resilience
Variety of technical opportunity 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.
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.
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 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 THE TEAM:
The Platform Security team builds foundational systems that enable secure, reliable operation of The Trade Desk at scale. We focus on making security resilient, developer‑friendly, and deeply integrated into the platform.
Our team builds and operates critical services including:
- Authentication and authorization for users and services
- Workload identity (SPIFFE / SPIRE‑based)
- Secrets and certificate management
- Security health monitoring and risk mitigation
- Golden images, just‑in‑time access, and secure shared libraries
We partner with teams across the company to deliver tools, libraries, and frameworks that run across Kubernetes, cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Aliyun), and on‑prem infrastructure, supporting a global fleet of 15,000+ machines.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Lead / Senior Software Engineer on Platform Security, you will serve as a technical leader and end‑to‑end owner for security‑critical systems that operate at massive scale.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, reliability, and security. You will lead the design and evolution of core security platforms, drive complex initiatives across teams, and raise the bar for how security is built and operated across The Trade Desk. You will manage a small team of Engineers to include leading technical direction, mentorship, and ownership.
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.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Lead the design, implementation, and long‑term evolution of large‑scale security services, from architecture through production operations
- Own complex, cross‑cutting initiatives spanning authentication, authorization, identity, and secure access
- Make and influence architectural decisions that balance security, reliability, scalability, and developer experience
- Drive high‑quality engineering practices, including testing, observability, operational readiness, and incident response
- Build and maintain shared libraries and frameworks that standardize authentication, authorization, and security best practices across the company
- Partner closely with engineers, SREs, and stakeholders across teams to deliver secure‑by‑default platforms
- Mentor and guide other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical leadership
- Participate in on‑call rotations and lead incident response for security‑critical systems
- Help shape future‑looking initiatives, including AI‑driven systems that reason about security posture, model architecture, and surface risk automatically
- This role requires comfort operating in ambiguity and driving outcomes that impact the broader platform.
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:
- 7+ years of established experience in a high scale environment that values infrastructure as code capabilities
- Previous Lead experience is desired in this role
- Significant professional experience building and operating production systems using an object‑oriented language such as C#, Java, C++, or similar
- Proven experience designing and delivering distributed systems at scale
- Strong experience deploying and operating services using infrastructure‑as‑code and automated deployment pipelines
- Deep understanding of system reliability, observability, and operational excellence
- Experience leading technical design and influencing architecture across teams
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring other engineers
- 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.
NICE TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience designing or operating identity and access management (IAM) systems
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or hybrid infrastructure at scale
- Background in security engineering or site reliability engineering
- Interest in applying automation or AI to improve security posture and resilience
Variety of technical opportunity 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.
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.
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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Who's Hiring
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in the trade desk jobs across New York.
- Experience with demand-side platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, or Amazon DSP
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, business, or a related field
- Proficiency in campaign trafficking, optimization, and performance reporting
- Familiarity with data analytics tools including Excel, Tableau, or Looker
- Strong understanding of audience segmentation, targeting, and programmatic ecosystems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for client-facing or cross-team collaboration
The Trade Desk Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a the trade desk professional in New York?
Most the trade desk roles in New York require a bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, communications, or a quantitative field, with no state-issued license required. Employers prioritize hands-on platform certifications, particularly The Trade Desk's own Edge Academy credential, which is recognized across New York agencies and brands. Candidates who build fluency in programmatic ecosystems and data tools are consistently preferred by New York's agency holding companies and in-house media teams.
Which companies hire the trade desks in New York?
Employers hiring the trade desks in New York right now include The Trade Desk and The Trade Desk, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's concentration of global agency holding companies and large in-house brand teams makes it one of the deepest hiring markets for programmatic and media trading talent in the country.
Which New York cities have the most the trade desk jobs?
New York and New York have the most the trade desk openings in New York. New York City dominates because it is home to the global headquarters of major agency networks, media companies, and brand advertisers that run large programmatic operations, while White Plains and the broader Westchester area draw volume from regional media buyers and mid-size brands based outside Manhattan.
Are there remote the trade desk jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 0% of the trade desk openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the largely digital and platform-based nature of the work. Campaign management, reporting, and optimization tasks are particularly well suited to remote arrangements, while client-facing strategy and agency team roles more often require an in-office or hybrid presence.
How can I get hired as a the trade desk professional in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through an associate media planner or programmatic coordinator role at one of New York City's agency holding companies, including Publicis, WPP, or Omnicom, which run structured new-graduate rotational programs. Completing The Trade Desk's Edge Academy certification before applying gives candidates a concrete credential that New York hiring managers recognize. Adjacent roles in ad operations, digital marketing coordination, or analytics provide a lateral path into trading desks without prior programmatic experience.
Where can I find and apply to the trade desk jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to the trade desk jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings. Search the available roles, find ones that match your experience and location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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