Data Scientist II

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.

Job Title: Data Scientist II

Location: 400 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 550, Irvine, CA 92618

Telecommuting: Permitted. Work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the Trade Desk, Inc. office in Irvine, CA.

Design, implement, and optimize scalable graph-based algorithms to enhance internal graph products. Optimize large-scale algorithmic systems operating on terabyte-scale datasets using distributed computing frameworks. Develop custom data science solutions from first principles, leveraging advanced techniques in probability and statistics, machine learning, and graph mining, especially in contexts where off‑the‑shelf models are ineffective. Analyze large datasets and build statistical models at scale on top of terabytes worth of data to generate actionable insights for products improvement.

Conduct scientific analysis to validate third‑party data and evaluate whether they are useful for products. Conduct best‑subset selection using information theory‑based approaches to enhance targeting and performance strategies. Automate and monitor workflows using orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow) to ensure reliable data pipeline execution. Own the end‑to‑end data products lifecycle, including identifying research questions, exploratory data analysis, methods design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and presenting results to relevant stakeholders.

Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure technical design, implementation, and delivery of data science projects align with business objectives and product roadmap.

Salary: $130,270 – $170,600 / year.

In accordance with various U.S. state laws, 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, 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. 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 401(k) 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.

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