The Trade Desk is building the next-generation TV operating system, Ventura OS, and needs a Staff Android Engineer to drive feature development for their Android-based products, optimizing the advertising supply chain for better outcomes for advertisers, publishers, and TV viewers.
Requirements
- Strong experience in Android development with a deep understanding of the Android SDK.
- Proficiency in Kotlin, including Coroutines for asynchronous programming.
- Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose for modern UI development.
- Solid understanding of architecture patterns (MVI, Repository pattern, Interactors/Use Cases, ).
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), CI/CD pipelines, and testing frameworks.
- Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) or interest in cross-platform development.
- Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks (e.g., Hilt or Dagger).
Responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to the design and implementation of new features across Android platforms, including mobile and TV.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient Kotlin code using Coroutines and Jetpack Compose.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and mentoring of junior engineers.
- Continuously improve performance, reliability, and developer experience across devices.
- Advocate for best practices in Android development and contribute to technical decision-making.
Other
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Ability to mentor and support other engineers.
- We don’t expect you to know every technology we use from day one—what matters most is your ability to learn quickly and solve complex problems using the best tools for the job.
- We’re not looking for engineers who have all the answers—we need engineers who can invent answers no one has thought of yet and solve problems that haven’t even been defined.
- Our culture goes beyond just having fun together (though we do that well, too). We take pride in being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and relentless pursuers of excellence.
