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The Trade Desk tech stack

The Trade Desk builds mostly with SQL, Python, C#, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, AWS, Snowflake, PostgreSQL. SQL is named in 29 of the 70 job postings The Trade Desk published in the last 12 months (41%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of The Trade Desk, updated Nov 13, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 13, 2026
Technologies in use
132
Postings analysed
70
Open now
23
Modernity
78 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does The Trade Desk use?

SQL is named in 41% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by Python (31%), C# (21%), JavaScript (17%).

SQL 29 41% required in 79% · 13 open now · since Jan 2026
Python 22 31% required in 73% · 6 open now · since Aug 2025
C# 15 21% required in 80% · 7 open now · since Aug 2025
JavaScript 12 17% required in 83% · 5 open now · since May 2026
Java 10 14% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Aug 2025
TypeScript 10 14% required in 70% · 6 open now · since May 2026
C++ 4 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Apex 3 4% required in 100% · since Mar 2026
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Kotlin3
Go3
Node JS3
PowerShell2
Scala2

What frameworks and libraries does The Trade Desk use?

Lightning Web Components is named in 4% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by React.js (4%), AutoGen (3%), CrewAI (3%).

Lightning Web Components 3 4% required in 100% · since Mar 2026
React.js 3 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
AutoGen 2 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
CrewAI 2 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Dagger 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Hilt 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Jetpack Compose 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Kotlin Multiplatform 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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LangChain2
LangGraph2
HotChocolate1
OpenTelemetry1
Flink1

What databases does The Trade Desk use?

Snowflake is named in 7% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by PostgreSQL (4%), Amazon Redshift (3%), Google BigQuery (3%).

Snowflake 5 7% required in 100% · since Aug 2025
PostgreSQL 3 4% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon Redshift 2 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Google BigQuery 2 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
MySQL 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Vertica 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2025
Delta Lake 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
ElasticSearch 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
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OpenSearch1
Oracle1
Redis1
Aerospike1

What cloud and platforms does The Trade Desk use?

Kubernetes is named in 20% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by AWS (19%), Azure (17%), Tableau (9%).

Kubernetes 14 20% required in 71% · 4 open now · since Oct 2025
AWS 13 19% required in 54% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
Azure 12 17% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
Tableau 6 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Databricks 6 9% required in 33% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Power BI 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
GCP 5 7% required in 60% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Grafana 5 7% required in 60% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
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Figma4
GitLab4
Spark4
.NET3
Agentforce3
Apache Kafka3
Linux3
Android SDK2
GitHub2
Looker2
New Relic2
GitHub Actions2
Amazon S31
DLP1
Microsoft Entra ID1
Sumo Logic1
Tines1
Vercel1

What developer tools does The Trade Desk use?

Rest API is named in 14% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by Microsoft Excel (14%), Model Context Protocol (11%), Git (10%).

Rest API 10 14% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Microsoft Excel 10 14% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
Model Context Protocol 8 11% required in 88% · since Mar 2026
Git 7 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Docker 7 10% required in 71% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
GraphQL 6 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Prometheus 6 9% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Copilot 5 7% required in 40% · since Jun 2026
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Cursor3
Semantic Kernel2
Terraform2
Backstage1
Bazel1
Calico1
Cilium1
Envoy1
Gerrit1
HAProxy1
Jenkins1
Lighthouse1
Nginx1
Vite1
Webpack1
dbt1
gRPC1
pnpm1
Ansible1
ArgoCD1
Claude Code1
CloudFormation1
Consul1
Keycloak1
Nagios1

What AI and ML technologies does The Trade Desk use?

Claude is named in 10% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by LLM (6%).

Claude 7 10% required in 57% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
LLM 4 6% required in 100% · since May 2026

Which engineering practices does The Trade Desk ask for?

CI/CD is named in 14% of job postings at The Trade Desk, followed by Machine Learning (13%), AI Agents (13%), ETL/ELT (7%).

CI/CD 10 14% required in 90% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Machine Learning 9 13% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
AI Agents 9 13% required in 89% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
ETL/ELT 5 7% required in 60% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Agentic Workflows 4 6% required in 75% · since Mar 2026
Dependency Injection 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
LLM Guardrails 2 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
MVI 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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Multi-Agent Systems2
RAG2
Repository Pattern2
SLI/SLO/SLA2
IAM2
Incident Management2
Platform Engineering2
A/B Testing1
BGP1
Configuration Management1
DHCP1
DNS1
Dimensional Modeling1
Function Calling1
Human-in-the-Loop1
MVP1
OSPF1
Recommender Systems1
SOAP1
TCP/IP1
VPN1
GitOps1
SRE1
Time Series1

What other technologies does The Trade Desk use?

Kotlin Coroutines is named in 3% of job postings at The Trade Desk.

Kotlin Coroutines 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026

What does each The Trade Desk team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

19 postings
C#9
Java8
Kubernetes8
Python8
SQL7
Rest API6

Product

11 postings
SQL5
Snowflake3
Amazon Redshift2
Google BigQuery2
Python2

Finance

6 postings
Microsoft Excel5
Claude2
SQL2

Enterprise Apps

4 postings
Agentforce3
Apex3
Lightning Web Components3
Rest API2

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How much does The Trade Desk pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all The Trade Desk postings with stated pay: $214k across 60 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
SQL26$208k−3%
Python21$189k−12%
C#14$229k+7%
JavaScript12$239k+12%
Kubernetes12$229k+7%
AWS11$229k+7%
Azure10$240k+12%
TypeScript10$239k+12%
Java9$229k+7%
Databricks6$221k+3%

How is the The Trade Desk stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Android SDKAug 2026
DaggerAug 2026
Dependency InjectionAug 2026
HiltAug 2026
Jetpack ComposeAug 2026
Kotlin CoroutinesAug 2026
Kotlin MultiplatformAug 2026
MVIAug 2026
Rising
Spark0% → 14%
Machine Learning8% → 18%
Snowflake6% → 14%
Java8% → 14%
Databricks8% → 14%
Falling
JavaScript31% → 5%
GraphQL17% → 0%
Copilot14% → 0%
C#22% → 9%
Rest API22% → 9%
LLM11% → 0%
Kubernetes19% → 9%
AWS19% → 9%
Not named for 6 months
LinuxMay 2026
TerraformMay 2026

How modern is the The Trade Desk stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 78/100

The Trade Desk scores 78 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the The Trade Desk stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,446 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

SQL29%
Python29%
C#6%
Kubernetes13%
AWS19%
Azure12%
JavaScript25%
Java11%
TypeScript15%
Claude17%

What sets The Trade Desk apart

.NET3%
Agentforce1%
Apex2%
Lightning Web Components1%

Questions about the The Trade Desk tech stack

What programming languages does The Trade Desk use?

The languages named in The Trade Desk job postings are SQL (41%), Python (31%), C# (21%), JavaScript (17%), Java (14%), as a share of the 70 postings of the last 12 months.

Does The Trade Desk use Lightning Web Components?

Yes. Lightning Web Components is named in 3 of 70 job postings (4%) and required in 3 of them.

What cloud and platforms does The Trade Desk use?

The cloud and platforms named in The Trade Desk job postings are Kubernetes (14), AWS (13), Azure (12) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at The Trade Desk?

Backend postings at The Trade Desk most often require C# (9), Java (8), Kubernetes (8), Python (8), out of 19 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the The Trade Desk tech stack changing?

Yes. Android SDK, Dagger, Dependency Injection, Hilt first appeared in The Trade Desk job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the The Trade Desk tech stack?

The Trade Desk scores 78 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the The Trade Desk tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting The Trade Desk publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 70 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 13, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "The Trade Desk tech stack: 132 technologies from 70 job postings", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/thetradedesk/technologies

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