Engineering Manager, Backend Frameworks

DoorDash USA•Los Angeles, CA

32d

About The Position

About the Team Our mission is to enable DoorDash Backend engineers across our three engineering excellence pillars: Quality, Velocity and Efficiency. We provide the framework-level solutions which enable engineers to build, ship, and operate services at scale and with confidence. About the Role We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Backend Frameworks team. In this role, you’ll set the technical vision and drive execution for building backend applications frameworks for all DoorDash engineering teams. You’ll partner with senior engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to design and operate systems that support our platform's reliability, velocity and efficiency. Your team will focus on defining, building frameworks and technical standards for all of DoorDash. You’ll work closely with your customers (your fellow engineers) and help identify and resolve their immediate pain points as well as gain awareness of their future needs so that your team can build ahead and deliver when it is needed. Your team will have a large scope of influence and impact, overseeing our Python, Go and Kotlin frameworks. This is an opportunity to lead a team with a healthy mix of greenfield initiatives as well as established, successful offerings. You must be located in the following locations for this opportunity: San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, New York.

Requirements

7+ years of hands-on software development, and expert proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go or Python
3+ years designing and operating distributed systems and platform components at scale
2+ years leading engineering teams
A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem-solving, and deep technical expertise
Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable impact
Intellectual curiosity to dive deep into the lowest level of detail and know when it is necessary to do so
A deep understanding of how to build quality software and know how to balance this with delivering value to your customers.
Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain foundational components to enable DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
Champion data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the team
Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to drive long-term architectural direction and influence company-wide strategy
Guide the team through ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold
Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade-off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams
Drive alignment across teams and disciplines, leading high-impact cross-functional initiatives
Build, sustain, and grow a diverse team to address the growing needs of the organization

Benefits

a 401(k) plan with employer matching
16 weeks of paid parental leave
wellness benefits
commuter benefits match
paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
medical, dental, and vision benefits
11 paid holidays
disability and basic life insurance
family-forming assistance
a mental health program
flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year
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)