Senior Staff Software Engineer, DoorDash

Data Platform

$230.7-346.1k

AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Python
Kafka
Airflow
Kotlin
Spark
Kops
Amplitude
Snowflake
Flink
Golang
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area
DoorDash

Local food delivery platform

Job no longer available

DoorDash

Local food delivery platform

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Job no longer available

$230.7-346.1k

AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Python
Kafka
Airflow
Kotlin
Spark
Kops
Amplitude
Snowflake
Flink
Golang
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

To empower local economies by connecting food lovers with great local restaurants

Role

Who you are

  • You have extensive experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems in the area of large scale data intensive applications
  • You have experience building data products and abstractions on top of infrastructure (such as Metrics Server, Realtime Job Processing, Self-serve platforms for forecasting, experimentation frameworks, deriving data-driven insights etc.)
  • You have experience with a range of large scale data systems such as data processing, complex/high volume real-time insights, data quality and reliability frameworks, cost efficiency etc.

Desirable

  • Backend service and tool development in Golang, Kotlin and/or Python
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes, Docker, Kops, Helm
  • Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Trino (Presto), Apache Airflow/Dagster, Apache Superset, AWS S3, Snowflake, Amplitude, CDP (e.g. Segment.com)

What the job involves

  • As a Senior Staff engineer, you will be responsible for the most critical long term technical roadmap of the organization.
  • You will use your skills and experience in guiding the engineers and the management leadership on the right technical choices, mentor several senior engineers and hold a high bar of technical competency.
  • You will report into the Senior Director of Engineering, Data Platform as part of our Data organization in Engineering
  • Build data intensive solutions that are used by DoorDash engineers, data scientists, analysts or business users from across the company. Drive and deliver the ongoing product vision of data products
  • Think in terms of building data products and not systems. You excel at driving the engineering vision, strategy, and execution for an organization consisting of multiple teams and sub teams
  • You are a technology leader. You excel at mentoring and guiding a fast growing organization in setting the right architectural patterns, handling build vs buy decisions, working with various vendors in the data solutions space, making judicious investments in the right areas anticipating what the company needs a few years down the road
  • You think of quick wins while planning for long term strategy and engineering excellence. You are excited about breaking down large systems into manageable, sustainable components that can be iterated on
  • You strive for continuous improvement of data architecture and development process
  • You are excited about cross collaboration with stakeholders, external partners and peer data leaders
  • You love rolling up your sleeves to get down to the lowest level of detail

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

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.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

13% employee growth in 12 months

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

Founders

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.

Previously studied Computer Science at Stanford, before working at Facebook as a Software Engineer.

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