The Trade Desk is an advertising technology company that employs approximately 2,700 people worldwide. Recent staffing data shows 326 new hires alongside 143 departures, suggesting steady workforce expansion. With a presence across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, the company maintains a sizable global footprint to support its programmatic advertising platform.
Sales and Support is the largest functional group at The Trade Desk, accounting for about 877 employees—roughly one-third of total headcount. Engineering follows with 554 team members who focus on building and maintaining the firm’s demand-side platform. Other notable groups include Marketing and Product (285 employees) and Banking and Wealth Management (250 employees), while core enabling functions such as Finance and Administration, Information Technology, Business Management, and Human Resources collectively make up several hundred additional roles. Operations and an "Other" category round out the organization, underscoring a diversified talent mix that supports both client-facing and internal initiatives.
Employee distribution is spread across more than a dozen offices. New York hosts the largest concentration at 684 employees, serving as a major commercial and engineering hub. The company’s headquarters region in Ventura and nearby Los Angeles together account for almost 300 staff members, while Chicago, London, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and Singapore each support between 65 and 206 employees. An additional 1,023 employees are dispersed across various smaller sites and remote roles, highlighting a geographically flexible workforce model.