Engineering Manager, Dasher Costs and Compliance
About The Position
As the Engineering Manager for Dasher Costs & Compliance, you will lead a highly skilled, cross-functional engineering team. You'll define and execute the technical strategy for our earnings optimization, compliance, and tooling initiatives, building resilient, scalable systems that directly impact millions of Dashers while ensuring the business stays ahead of regulatory and financial challenges. This role requires balancing user empathy with business strategy, financial stewardship with innovation, and compliance with technical agility. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Lead the vision, strategy, and execution for the earnings ML, earnings tooling, and regulated markets charter. Build and scale systems that enable fair pay distribution, accurate earnings visibility, and regulatory compliance at global scale. Partner with Product, Legal, Finance, and Operations to design systems that balance Dasher satisfaction, platform reliability, and business health. Scale the team by mentoring internal talent and recruiting top-tier engineers. Deliver systems and models with direct bottom-line and regulatory impact, influencing both DoorDash's growth and industry-leading reputation.
Requirements
- You're an owner - proactive, accountable, and impact-driven.
- You bring technical leadership with strong product sense, balancing long-term vision with pragmatic execution.
- You have 2+ years of engineering leadership experience managing backend and/or ML teams.
- You have 7+ years of industry experience with large-scale distributed systems, machine learning applications, or financial/regulated platforms.
- You thrive in ambiguous, high-scale challenges, especially where technology, compliance, and cost optimization intersect.
- You're humble, collaborative, and open to feedback while pushing boundaries.
Responsibilities
- Lead the vision, strategy, and execution for the earnings ML, earnings tooling, and regulated markets charter.
- Build and scale systems that enable fair pay distribution, accurate earnings visibility, and regulatory compliance at global scale.
- Partner with Product, Legal, Finance, and Operations to design systems that balance Dasher satisfaction, platform reliability, and business health.
- Scale the team by mentoring internal talent and recruiting top-tier engineers.
- Deliver systems and models with direct bottom-line and regulatory impact, influencing both DoorDash's growth and industry-leading reputation.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Food Services and Drinking Places
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
