About the Team

Our mission is to create a world-class server driven UI platform that serves engineers across the company.

We create libraries, tools, and frameworks that enable product teams to ship features quickly and reliably. We enable engineers at DoorDash to be among the most productive in the industry.

Our success as a platform team depends on the success of the product teams we serve. Because of this, we invest in building a strong community that encourages participation, contribution, and promotes best practices.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Server Driven UI Platform team, you will build foundational pieces in our Backend SDKs that support Android, iOS, and Web. These include runtime Kotlin and Golang libraries as well as Intellij and Cursor-based development tools. You will work closely with engineers, technical product managers, and engineering managers across all parts of the engineering organization to deliver large and impactful initiatives.

You will report into the Engineering Manager of our Server Driven UI Platform team in our Developer Platform organization. You must be located in either San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Take on significant technical challenges and have a large impact.
• Help us shape and improve our engineering culture.
• Join a growing company and grow right along with us.
• Create and implement industry best practices for Kotlin/Golang development..
  

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 6 years+ of Backend development experience.
• You are an expert in Backend development, specifically using Golang, Kotlin, and Protobuf.
• You have experience building applications in either Web, Android, or iOS.
• You are experienced with other Server Driven UI systems.
• You have a product mindset and apply that to how you would build out platform services.
• You love people, systems, and software and are competent working with all three.
• You’re curious and like to dive deep into different system architectures.
• You are an organized and excellent written and verbal communicator.

 

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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 is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act) (for salaried roles: flexible vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year; for hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), 16 weeks of paid parental leave, a wellness benefit, and a commuter benefit match.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others. 

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page