Senior Software Engineer, Backend Frameworks

Doordash • San Francisco, CA

88d • $130,600 - $192,000

About The Position

As a Software Engineer on the Backend Frameworks team, you will be building frameworks and libraries as part of a central platform that powers backend applications across all engineering teams at DoorDash. You will work closely with engineers, technical product managers, and engineering managers across all parts of the engineering organization to deliver large and impactful initiatives. Additionally, you will be a culture carrier in your team through mentorship, education, and uplifting of your peers. You will report into Backend Frameworks in our Developer Platform organization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Java or Kotlin (bonus points for Golang and Python).
• Comfortable working on distributed systems and platform components, with demonstrated effectiveness in building them at scale.
• Apply a product mindset to platform problems and feel accomplished enabling others.
• Curious and dive deep into different system architectures.
• Solve problems using software to automate and avoid creating toil for others.
• Organized and excellent written and verbal communicator.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain foundational components to enable DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
• Play a foundational role in guiding the future of DoorDash's software development strategy, by building, extending, and operating a central platform used by all DoorDash engineering teams.
• Be at the forefront of developing new technologies and have the opportunity to leverage and contribute to open source tech.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects by designing large scale systems with engineering excellence, long-term maintainability, and risk in mind.
• Work with a team of highly talented and motivated teammates.
• Join a growing company and grow right along with us.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness benefits.
• Commuter benefits match.
• Paid time off and paid sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Disability and basic life insurance.
• Family-forming assistance.
• Mental health program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees