The Trade Desk is actively hiring for 16 AI-related roles, with a significant focus on the agents stage, which accounts for 69% of their current openings. Engineering is the primary function for these positions, followed by product. The majority of these roles are located in the United States. Frequent technical tags include agent_orchestration, llm_observability, and guardrails, suggesting a focus on managing and deploying AI agents. Over the last 30 days, The Trade Desk has added 10 new AI roles, representing a 233% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 13 active AI roles, up 14% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $125k–$252k (avg $186k).
The Trade Desk currently has 15 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Staff Applied Scientist (3), Senior Product Manager, Audience (2), Applied Scientist II, Data Scientist II, Director of Design Technology. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
The Trade Desk's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (60%), data (20%), post-training (13%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
The Trade Desk is hiring AI talent in: United States (13 roles), United Kingdom (1 role), Australia (1 role).
Job postings at The Trade Desk most frequently reference: model serving, agent orchestration, llm observability, forecasting, recommender systems.
In the past 30 days, The Trade Desk has posted 3 new AI-related roles. That is a -67% change versus the prior 30 days (9 → 3).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Scientist II Applied Scientist II role at The Trade Desk, focusing on developing and improving machine learning models for digital advertising. The role involves transforming large datasets into actionable intelligence, contributing to client-facing products, and working closely with product, trading, and engineering teams. Emphasis on shipping product and deriving insights from massive datasets. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer role focused on designing, building, and delivering data products at petabyte scale. Responsibilities include handling large-scale distributed systems, machine learning, data processing pipelines, model training pipelines, and model serving. Requires end-to-end ownership and a product-focused mindset. | Data |
| 5 |
| Senior Business Development Manager (Gaming&Apps) Senior Business Development Manager role focused on building strategic partnerships with China outbound advertisers and agencies in the gaming and apps vertical for The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform. Responsibilities include client relationship management, sales, forecasting, and understanding market differentiators. | — | 0 |
| Sr Accounts Payable Specialist The Trade Desk is seeking a Sr Accounts Payable Specialist for their APAC region. This role involves managing AP processes for multiple entities, assisting with audits, processing invoices and payments, and collaborating with various finance and compliance teams. The ideal candidate has experience in end-to-end AP, knowledge of accounting software, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage international transactions. | — | 0 |
| Sr Account Manager Senior Account Manager role at The Trade Desk, a global digital advertising technology company. Focuses on managing key brand-direct accounts, providing strategic advisory, driving revenue growth, and ensuring campaign execution. Requires strong client engagement, commercial acumen, and experience in online advertising and programmatic platforms. | — | 0 |
| Sr Business Development Manager (Gaming Outbound) This role is for a Sr. Business Development Manager focused on gaming outbound advertising partnerships in Shanghai. It involves acquiring, building, and cultivating relationships with brands, communicating the value of The Trade Desk's media buying platform, identifying up-selling opportunities, and managing forecasts. Experience in digital advertising, outbound sales, and programmatic platform sales is preferred, as are relationships with decision-makers in the China gaming/apps outbound market. | — | 0 |
| Payroll Specialist The Trade Desk is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support day-to-day tasks for APAC payrolls, collaborate with the Sr. Payroll Specialist, and handle employee payroll queries. Responsibilities include end-to-end payroll processing across 10 APAC countries, data validation, ensuring accurate processing of salary, benefits, and taxes, maintaining data integrity in systems like Workday HCM and CloudPay, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with regulations and SOX controls. The role requires 3-5 years of payroll experience, basic understanding of payroll principles and local regulations, and proficiency in Excel. | — | 0 |
| Sr Trading Specialist This role focuses on campaign management and optimization within The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform, requiring expertise in large datasets and client support. It is not directly involved in AI/ML model development. | — | 0 |
| Sr Accountant Senior Accountant role at The Trade Desk, focusing on financial accounting, compliance, and tax requirements for China legal entities. Responsibilities include month-end close, statutory reporting, managing third-party providers, and acting as a finance business partner. Requires 7+ years of accounting experience, knowledge of China GAAP and tax regulations, and ERP system proficiency. | — | 0 |
| APAC Campaign Operations & North Asia Marketing Manager The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising. This role is for an APAC Campaign Operations & North Asia Marketing Manager. The company processes massive datasets in real time and builds systems that operate reliably on a global scale. | — | 0 |
| Sr Payroll Specialist (APAC) Senior Payroll Specialist for the APAC region, responsible for end-to-end payroll delivery, statutory/tax filing, compliance with country legislation, process streamlining, and auditing payroll transmissions. Requires strong knowledge of Workday HCM, CloudPay, SOX compliance, and regional payroll principles. | — | 0 |