Engineering Manager, DoorDash
New Verticals, Consumer Affordability
$201.9-302.9k
Local food delivery platform
Open for applications
Local food delivery platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$201.9-302.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower local economies by connecting food lovers with great local restaurants
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience in people management leading full-stack teams (backend, web, & mobile) of 8+ engineers
- Experience scaling products from both 0 → 1 and 1 → 10 in a fast-paced environment
- Hands-on leadership and strong product intuition
- Humility - willing to get into the details and open to feedback
- Growth mindset - you're eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth setting
- Adaptability, resiliency, and ability to thrive in ambiguity - things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve
What the job involves
- The New Verticals group is a collection of Product Managers, Engineers, and Operators defining and building on our vision of connecting customers to the best of their cities all across the world – whether that's a new neighborhood restaurant, a trusted nearby grocery store, or a local retailer
- DoorDash is looking for a product-minded Engineering Manager to lead the Consumer Affordability engineering team
- This team is responsible for driving category growth by managing pricing of goods across our Grocery, Convenience, Alcohol and Retail businesses
- As an Engineering Manager, you will partner closely with your Product and Business cross functional partners to define the pricing strategy for New Verticals and drive execution of projects that help achieve our bottom line goals
- Lead and grow a team of 8+ exceptional backend and client-side engineers delivering end-to-end engineering solutions
- Influence product strategy in addition to building out scalable technical solutions for the same. Staring at a sheet full of numbers gives you lots of joy!
- Collaborate with Product, Operations, Design, Analytics, and other stakeholders to determine the team's roadmap and vision, and manage execution against that roadmap
- Encourage innovation, teamwork, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, and outside-of-the-box thinking
- Partner closely with the recruiting team to oversee the hiring process for your team, to grow a rockstar group of engineers
Our take
DoorDash was an early entrant into the last-mile restaurant delivery business, which is now crowded with the likes of Uber Eats, Postmates and GrubHub. They offer restaurants an end-to-end delivery platform, generating new business and access to a network of delivery drivers.
To differentiate itself in the market, DoorDash focused on areas with fewer competitors and found success in this untapped market. Other factors, such as the company's targeting of restaurants which many not typically offer a delivery service, also contribute to its profitability. The company made its stock market debut in 2020 with one of the biggest IPOs of the year.
However, in light of increasing discontent around DoorDash's commission structure from restaurants, competition remains fierce. The business recently responded by publishing a transparent fee structure, but the number of options open to restaurants means DoorDash must fight to keep its customers loyal. Despite this, by focusing on consumer retention, logistics and technology, the company is likely able to maintain its existing growth and revenue.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2020
$400m
SERIES H
Nov 2019
$100m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home stipend
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- We are doers
- We are learners
- We are leaders
- We are one team
Company HQ
Mid-Market, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Tony Xu
(CEO)Tony studied at UCB and worked as a Matrix Partners Associate while studying for an MBA at Stanford. He combined this experience to co-found DoorDash in January 2013, and has served as CEO since June 2013.
Stanley Tang
(CPO)Previously studied Computer Science at Stanford, before working at Facebook as a Software Engineer.
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