Software engineer jobs in Chicago, IL

About the role

As a Sr AI Enablement Engineer on this team, you’ll be an end-to-end owner—collaborating closely with stakeholders, identifying opportunities, and delivering tools that make a real impact. At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is

What you'll bring

• You have a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree in computer science or relevant engineering-related field or equivalent experience.
• You have 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, including 1-2+ years working on AI-powered systems or products.
• You have knowledge of Python and comfortable with additional languages such as C#, SQL, or TypeScript/React.
• You’re excited about AI enablement, including helping teams adopt platforms like Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic Claude and Copilot Studio, building agents, and guiding others through their AI journey.
• You are skilled in data ingestion and transformation using APIs, ETL pipelines, and connectors, and familiar with vector databases and retrieval strategies.
• You communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences and thrive in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• You are a fast learner who adapts quickly to new technologies and solves complex problems with creativity and pragmatism.
• A variety of technical opportunities is one of the best things about working at The Trade Desk as a software engineer, which is why we do not expect you to know every technology we use when you start.
• What we care about is that you can learn quickly and find solutions to complex problems using the optimum tools for the job.
• What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate.
• We are not seeking engineers who know all the answers
• we need engineers who can invent answers no one has thought of yet and find answers to the questions yet to be asked.

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