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Who we areThe Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 1 trillion queries per day, our platformoperatesatan unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authenticselvesto work every day.Do you have a passion for solving hard problemsatscale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem?Come and seewhy Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among thebest-sized workplaces globally.WhatwedoTheTrade Deskhelps marketers unlock the potential of the open internet, on every channel and device, across the entire customer journey.Our Identity products power intelligent ad buying on TTD.OurAppliedScientistsin the Identity teamare end-to-end ownersof TTD's identity products.Thisend-to-endownershipgivesthe opportunity toparticipatein designing, researching, building, and delivering data-focusedand high-impactproducts for our stakeholders.These productsare based on large-scale data that are in the order oftens ofmillions of queries per second.Working with such large-scale data requires ourappliedscientists to be at thecutting edgeof both thedata processing frameworks as well as scalable algorithms.OurAppliedScientistsalsoserve as an ambassador to our business partners tochampion and evolve our identity productsas the identity landscape of the open internet changes.They understand thebusiness requirements andcurrent design choices; theycommunicate effectively with business partnerson opportunitiesand challenges;andtheyare strategic partners increatingthe next generationof identity products.AppliedScientists contribute to more than our product - they build up our team. We are a team built on a foundation of generosity and openness, and we expect ourAppliedScientists to help make others better and raise the bar for those around them.Whatyou'lldo:Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:Makesignificant, self-directed contributions to components of large and impactful data-focused projects. You will think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' behind what you are doing.Work with data from the open internet that isat large scale-think of tens of millions of transactions per second.Utilizeyourstrong senseof data intuition.Atour scale, many off-the-shelf modeling techniques (open source and enterprise) simplydon'twork. Youwillwork from first principles and intuition to develop solutions and adapt them to a unique environment.Leverage yourbroad familiarity with basic concepts in probability and statistics, along with exposure to basic foundations of computer science, graph mining, and machine learning.Unlock yourproduct-focused mindset.With yourpassion and potential,you'llcontribute to the process of discovering what will delight our stakeholders and drive forward one of the world's largest and most influential industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making.Work with confidence and without ego. Ourappliedscientists have deep knowledge and exercisea high levelof leadership in their daily work.You'llhavestrongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right.You'llpracticeidentifyingand evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, andbecommitted tosupportyour fellow teammates.Think creatively, not bound by