About the Team

Data is at the foundation of DoorDash success. The Data Engineering team builds database solutions for various use cases including reporting, product analytics, marketing optimization and financial reporting. Team serves as the foundation for decision-making at DoorDash.

About the Role

DoorDash is looking for a Staff Software Engineer,Data to be a technical lead and help architect and scale our data reliability, data infrastructure, automation and tools to meet growing business needs.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Own critical data systems that support multiple products/teams
• Develop, implement and enforce best practices for data infrastructure and automation
• Design, develop and implement large scale, high volume, high performance data models and pipelines for Data Lake and Data Warehouse
• Improve the reliability and scalability of our Ingestion, data processing, ETLs, Reporting tools and data ecosystem services
• Manage a portfolio of data products that deliver high-quality, trustworthy data
• Help onboard and support other engineers as they join the team

We’re excited about you because...

• 8+ years of professional experience as a hands-on engineer and technical leader leading multiple projects
• 6+ years experience working in data platform and data engineering or a similar role
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/Kotlin/Scala
• 4+ years of experience in ETL orchestration and workflow management tools like Airflow
• Expert in database fundamentals, SQL, data reliability practices and distributed computing
• 4+ years of experience with the Distributed data/similar ecosystem (Spark, Presto) and streaming technologies such as Kaa/Flink/Spark Streaming
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with technical and non-technical teams and knowledge of reporting tools
•  Comfortable working in fast paced environment, self starter and self organizing
• Ability to think strategically, analyze and interpret market and consumer information
• You must be located near one of our engineering hubs indicated above

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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 for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays. Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (i.e. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act).

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

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington. 

I4$130,600—$192,000 USDI5$159,800—$235,000 USDI6$193,800—$285,000 USD

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and