Staff Software Engineering, Backend (All Teams)

The posting, as DoorDash wrote it

About the Team

DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics platform. As we continue to expand our Engineering organization globally, we’re looking for Staff Backend Engineers to build and evolve the large-scale, highly available systems that power DoorDash’s three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and Dashers.

Our engineers solve complex technical and business problems across a global platform that operates 24/7 and supports millions of users.

About the Role

We’re looking for Staff Backend Engineers to join Product and Product Platform teams across DoorDash.

Engineers on Product teams work at the intersection of product and infrastructure, translating complex business problems into scalable technical solutions. Engineers on Product Platform teams build the foundational systems, services, and capabilities that enable product teams to move quickly and reliably.

As a Staff Engineer, you will set technical direction, lead complex initiatives across teams, and shape the architecture and long-term roadmap of critical systems. You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and other cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate trade-offs and deliver solutions that maximize customer and business impact.

You will also raise the technical bar across the organization by mentoring engineers, improving engineering practices, and helping teams navigate ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges.

This is a hybrid role with some in-office time expected. You will report to an Engineering Manager.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Develop, release and run large-scale web applications
• Develop and define the backend architecture and tech stack for a product area
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security for our backend systems
• Be involved in transitioning our monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture
• Completely disrupt logistics by tackling bleeding-edge, technical problems

We're excited about you because you have…

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8+ years of industry experience
• Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) in the full software development lifecycle, including designing, generating code, testing, monitoring and releasing software
• Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
• Experience with service oriented architecture, writing REST API’s, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ)

Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary
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success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Notice Regarding Use of AI and Automated Tools: To streamline our hiring process, DoorDash utilizes an automated recruitment tool called Metaview.

How it works: Metaview assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision-making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Metaview or other AI-enabled tool in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.

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