Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience, Android

DoorDash•Los Angeles, NY

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer will join DoorDash’s Developer Experience team, whose mission is to improve the productivity of mobile engineers by creating libraries, tools, and frameworks that help product teams ship features quickly and reliably. The role builds foundational components for DoorDash Mobile applications, including runtime libraries, build systems, and development tools. The engineer will work with engineers, technical product managers, and engineering managers across the organization on large, impactful initiatives. The role also helps strengthen the mobile engineering community through mentorship, education, and peer engagement. The position reports to the Engineering Manager of the Mobile Foundations team in the Developer Platform organization. Candidates must be located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or Los Angeles, California; Seattle, Washington; or New York, New York.

Requirements

At least 5 years of Android development experience.
A product mindset and the ability to apply it when building platform services.
Competence working with people, systems, and software.
Curiosity and willingness to investigate different system architectures.
Strong organization and written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement foundational libraries, build systems, and development tools for DoorDash mobile applications.
Improve the daily workflows, productivity, and developer experience of mobile engineers.
Solve complex mobile engineering challenges with solutions used across product teams.
Enable product teams to build, test, and release features more quickly and reliably.
Mentor and guide mobile engineers, share expertise, promote best practices, and foster technical excellence and collaboration.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, engineering managers, and other organizational leaders on critical initiatives.