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DoorDash is looking to hire a Senior Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership for their Backend Developer Experience group. This role aims to improve developer productivity, efficiency, and quality across all engineering teams at DoorDash by building and enhancing tools, services, and frameworks.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on software development, and expert proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go
• 5+ years designing and operating distributed systems and platform components at scale
• Proven expertise in CI/CD orchestration, build systems, frameworks, or platform development
• A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem-solving, and deep technical expertise
• A deep understanding of how to build quality software and know how to balance this with delivering value to your customers.
• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable impact

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain foundational components to enable all DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
• Design & deliver AI-powered solutions which augment the developer experience.
• Architect scalable solutions
• Define the technical vision and drive execution across a wide range of developer productivity products
• Design and operate systems that support platform reliability, development velocity, and operational efficiency.
• Partner closely with engineers, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Guide the organization through large degrees of ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold

Other

• Must be located in the following locations for this opportunity: San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, New York.
• Mentor engineers in their career as well as help define our engineering culture and best practices
• Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade-off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams
• Demonstrate customer obsession by regularly engaging with and surveying engineers to understand their use cases and pain points.
• Champion data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the team