Engineering Manager, Data

DoorDash USA•Sunnyvale, CA

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

DoorDash is looking for a Data Engineering Manager to guide the development of enterprise-scale data solutions. This manager will also act as a technical expert on all things related to data architecture to empower the greater community of data engineers, data scientists, and DoorDash partners. Your focus extends to fostering an engineering culture of excellence, empowering engineers to deliver reliable, flexible solutions at scale. Additionally, you'll play a pivotal role in building and nurturing a top-performing team, driving innovation and success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You must be located in San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, or Seattle, WA for this hybrid position.

Requirements

B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
10+ years of experience working in data engineering or a related domain
2+ years of hands-on management experience
Experience hiring and growing teams
Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to operate in a fast moving environment
Experienced with performance management, coaching, mentoring and growing teams
Hands-on approach to closing gaps in data infrastructure and technical execution, able to code in SQL and Python
Prior experience with Snowflake/Redshift, AWS/GCP, Hadoop/Spark/Big data, Lambda/KAPPA architectures, Flink/Airflow
Prior experience with large scale batch/real time ETL orchestration
Prior experience in Systems Engineering - you've built meaningful big data processing systems at scale, and experience with big data compute engines such as Apache Spark and Apache Flink
Familiarity with Datalake solutions such as Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg
Familiarity with a cloud based environment such as AWS

Nice To Haves

Experience with these specific technologies is not required but helpful
Building systems directly powering online applications
Exposure to various databases such as CockroachDB, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL

Responsibilities

You are a people leader. You thrive in hiring, building, growing and nurturing impactful business focused data teams
You are a technology leader. You drive the technical and strategic vision for the embedded pods and foundational enablers to meet current and future needs for scale and interoperability
You strive for continuous improvement of data architecture and development process
You think of quick wins while planning for long term strategy and engineering excellence. You are excited about breaking down large systems into easy to use data assets and reusable components
You are excited about cross collaboration with stakeholders, external partners and peer data leaders
You are a planner and executioner. You know the tools to plan for short term and long term team and stakeholder success
You think of reliability and quality as must have

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