The Trade Desk · 2 hours ago
Staff Product Manager, Developer Platform
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$151K/yr - $277K/yr
7+ years expThe Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. They are seeking a highly technical Product Manager to build the internal developer platform that powers their engineering organization, focusing on optimizing developer workflows and enhancing the software development life cycle.
AdvertisingDigital MediaInformation TechnologyInternetMobileNative AdvertisingSocialSoftwareVideo Advertising
Responsibilities
Understanding the needs of our Trade Desk Engineering Team through direct engagement, user research, and data analysis
Defining our developer experience (DX) strategy and building the roadmap to get there
Owning key areas such as: local developer environment setup, source control workflows (checkout, build, merge), code review processes, cross-team code stewardship, and deployment automation
Establishing the right metrics that measure developer productivity, satisfaction, and velocity—then using those metrics to drive data-driven decisions
Partnering closely with engineering, platform teams, and other stakeholders to deliver high-impact improvements to our SDLC
Evaluating emerging technologies (including AI-assisted coding tools) and determining if/when they should be integrated into our workflows
Qualification
Required
7+ years of Product Management experience shipping developer tools, platforms, or infrastructure products at enterprise scale
Proven track record shipping products where software engineers are your primary customers – not business users, not external consumers, but developers
Deep working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): You can articulate the challenges and best practices across local development, source control, CI/CD, code review, testing, deployment, and monitoring
Experience conducting technical discovery directly with engineering teams – you don't need engineers to translate for you; you can hold technical conversations with Staff and Principal engineers
Demonstrated 'working backwards' from internal customers to build long-term strategies and solutions that measurably improve developer productivity
Proven track record of partnering with engineering teams to solve complex, technical problems and delivering large, impactful software projects with measurable business outcomes (e.g., 'reduced deployment time by 40%', 'decreased build failures by 25%')
Excellent communication skills: You can participate confidently in very technical conversations, drive consensus and commitment across teams, and crisply communicate delivery timelines, trade-offs, and risks to senior management
Preferred
Background in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Developer Productivity, or Developer Experience organizations
Experience with metrics-driven optimization of developer workflows (build time reduction, deployment frequency, change failure rate, etc.)
Hands-on familiarity with modern development tools and workflows: IDEs, source code repositories (Git/GitHub), build systems, containerization, deployment frameworks
Understanding of AI tooling in developer workflows (GitHub Copilot, cursor.ai, MCP servers, agent frameworks) and how they impact the SDLC
Durability and grit – sometimes solutions take creative thinking, multiple iterations, and staging while dependencies solidify. You try many different approaches to find the right answer
Enthusiasm for all things developer tools, DevOps, emerging technologies, and a desire to stay on top of industry trends
Benefits
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
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
Company
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$257.5MKey Investors
Wellington ManagementBridge BankHermes Growth Partners
2021-07-08Post Ipo Equity
2016-09-21IPO
2016-05-09Debt Financing· $125M
Leadership Team
Jeff Green
CEO
Mitch Waters
SVP - Southeast Asia, India, Australia & New Zealand
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