Engineering Manager, Social

DoorDash USA • San Francisco, CA

12d

About The Position

At DoorDash, we are transforming how people discover and enjoy what is best in their neighborhoods. Today, online ordering can feel transactional. Our mission is to make it personal, social, and inspiring. The Social team is leading this transformation by blending authentic community content such as reviews, videos, and recommendations with AI to understand what people love, personalize discovery, and create trusted connections between customers, creators, and local experts. About the Role You will lead a talented team of full-stack engineers who are shaping the next generation of social discovery experiences. This includes integrating intelligent content ranking, personalized feeds, video-driven discovery, and sharing features across the DoorDash app. You will work closely with partners in Product, Design, and Machine Learning to bring these ideas to life through scalable and reliable engineering systems. You will play a hands-on leadership role, guiding both the technology and the team that make social discovery at DoorDash possible.

Requirements

• 7 or more years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years of technical leadership or people management.
• Experience leading full-stack teams and building products across backend and client platforms (Web, iOS, Android).
• A strong product mindset and the ability to connect technical strategy to user value and business impact.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical partners.
• A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a full-stack engineering team working across backend, web, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Partner with product, design, and ML teams to build features that make DoorDash more social, visual, and intelligent.
• Inspire a culture of technical excellence, inclusivity, and experimentation.
• Define a long-term technical roadmap that balances innovation with reliability, performance, and user trust.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers while fostering collaboration and growth.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes 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).
• DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: 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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees