
Software Engineer II
Denver, CO · HybridJob$151–227K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Software Engineer II will develop and improve real-time bidding software, owning full-lifecycle development from inception through production. The role involves complex changes across bidding infrastructure, testing and monitoring, release validation, and collaboration in code and design reviews. The engineer will also learn system architecture fundamentals and participate in technical interviews.
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Job Title: Software Engineer II Location: 10770 NE 8th St., Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004 *Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from The Trade Desk, Inc. office in Bellevue, WA. Job Duties: Develop new features for and improve the quality of The Trade Desk's real-time bidding software. Design, build, deliver, and own full lifecycle development software from inception to production. Drive complex changes involving multiple components across our bidding infrastructure. Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics, and monitoring. Validate changes in The Trade Desk's bidding software as part of a regular release process. Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning. Participate in the interview hiring process by conducting pre-selected technical interview questions and sharing results with hiring manager. Collaborate in code review and design review of fellow software engineers. Salary: $151,400 - $227,000 / year Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field. Position requires working knowledge of the following skills gained through coursework or experience: soft real-time distributed systems; one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++; software development code editors with one or more of the following: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider, and version control systems (Git, Perforce); working in large scale code bases with ambiguous goals and multiple stakeholders; operating systems fundamentals; profiling and analyzing memory dumps to optimize latency sensitive systems; and using SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, or a similar RDBMS in a performance-sensitive context. #LI-DNI We embrace inclusion and belonging in everything we do --- from celebrating the diversity of our workforce to making a positive impact on our industry.https://careers.thetradedesk.com/inclusion-and-belonging Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/D47B92FB04D8426B.
How this job compares
Set against the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$151–227K/yr
- Colorado median$122–192K/yr1,159 salary ranges
- US median$135–218K/yr33,367 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $189K, is 22% above the Colorado median midpoint ($155K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,381 open Software Engineer jobs in Colorado and 42,008 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (34,212 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,955 of the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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