The Trade Desk SWE Intern Sydney 2026 | 12 Weeks AdTech
| Company | The Trade Desk — world’s leading independent digital advertising platform (~4,000 employees, 30+ offices; 11M+ requests/second) |
| Role | 2026 Australia Software Engineering Internship |
| Location | Sydney office, NSW, Australia |
| Duration | 12 weeks, Australia Summer 2026 — tentative start Mon 30 Nov 2026 |
| Eligibility | AU/NZ citizen, AU PR, or full working rights; enrolled at an Australian or NZ university; graduating May 2027 – March 2028 |
| Tech | Distributed systems · petabyte-scale data · ML/AI · UI/UX; JS, Python, Java, PHP, C/C++, SQL |
| Return offer | Outstanding interns may return full-time to the same office/team; must be available to accept if offered |
Overview
The Trade Desk runs the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising across the open internet — streaming TV, podcasts, mobile, news, and more. The platform handles over 11 million requests per second, more queries than Google searches, tweets, and snaps combined.
As a Sydney intern you’ll own and ship a meaningful project end-to-end with 1:1 mentorship from an experienced engineer, collaborating with a globally distributed team across distributed systems, petabyte-scale data processing, ML/AI, and UI/UX.
Key Requirements
- Eligibility: AU/NZ citizen, Australian PR, or full working rights with documentation; enrolled in Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS, Software Engineering, or similar at an Australian or NZ university; graduation between May 2027 and March 2028.
- Availability: 12-week internship at the Sydney office, Australia Summer 2026 (tentative start 30 Nov 2026); available for full-time return offer if extended.
- Skills: Fluent in one or more modern languages (JavaScript, Python, Java, PHP, C/C++, SQL); solid data structures and algorithms; software project experience.
- Mindset: Self-directed learner with ownership over design/plan/implementation; effective communicator on agile teams across time zones; values and fosters diversity.
- Why it stands out: Real end-to-end project ownership; 1:1 mentorship; unsolved-problem scale (11M+ req/s); award-winning culture; potential full-time conversion.
