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Senior Software Engineer, Backend Frameworks

DoorDash

$130,600 - $285,000
Dec 10, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US • Sunnyvale, CA, US • Seattle, WA, US • Los Angeles, CA, US • New York, NY, US
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DoorDash's Backend Frameworks team needs a Software Engineer to build and maintain foundational components for backend applications, enabling DoorDash engineers to excel in quality, velocity, and efficiency. The role involves guiding the future of DoorDash’s software development strategy by building and operating a central platform used by all engineering teams.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Java or Kotlin
  • Experience with Golang and Python (bonus points)
  • Comfortable working on distributed systems and platform components
  • Experience building systems at scale
  • Experience with different system architectures
  • Experience with software automation

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain foundational components to enable DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
  • Build, extend, and operate a central platform used by all DoorDash engineering teams.
  • Design large scale systems with engineering excellence, long-term maintainability, and risk in mind.
  • Develop new technologies and have the opportunity to leverage and contribute to open source tech.
  • Work on distributed systems and platform components.
  • Solve problems using software to automate and avoid creating toil for others.

Other

  • You are an organized and excellent written and verbal communicator.
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