Senior Staff Engineer, Developer Platform

DoorDash USA•Los Angeles, NY

About The Position

About the Team The Developer Platform organization at DoorDash builds the tools, services and frameworks that empower our engineers to build, ship, and launch new products. We drive eng-wide excellence across our three engineering pillars: Quality, Velocity, and Efficiency. About the Role We’re hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to serve as the technical leader for our Backend Developer Experience group. This group spans monorepo management, IDE tools, build and test systems, CI, frameworks/SDKs, and core platform services. In this hands-on role, you will define the technical vision and drive execution across a wide range of developer productivity products, impacting every engineering team at DoorDash. You’ll partner closely with engineers, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to design and operate systems that support platform reliability, development velocity, and operational efficiency. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong cross-functional influence, and a passion for building excellent products which empower teams. You will mentor engineers, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with other leaders to align our platform investments with engineering goals. You’ll work closely with your customers (your fellow engineers) and help identify and resolve their immediate pain points, while also anticipating future needs so the team can deliver solutions proactively. You must be located in the following locations for this opportunity: San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, New York.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on software development, and expert proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go
5+ years designing and operating distributed systems and platform components at scale
Proven expertise in CI/CD orchestration, build systems, frameworks, or platform development
A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem-solving, and deep technical expertise
A deep understanding of how to build quality software and know how to balance this with delivering value to your customers.
Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable impact
Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain foundational components to enable all DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
Collaborate with engineering leadership to drive long-term architectural direction and influence company-wide strategy
Design & deliver AI-powered solutions which augment the developer experience.
Champion data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the team
Guide the organization through large degrees of ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold
Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade-off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams
Demonstrate customer obsession by regularly engaging with and surveying engineers to understand their use cases and pain points.
Mentor engineers in their career as well as help define our engineering culture and best practices

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