DoorDash USA-posted 1 day ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Los Angeles, CA

As a Software Engineer on the Backend Developer Experience team, you will shape how engineers build, test, and ship code at DoorDash. You’ll design and develop the core systems and tooling that backend engineers rely on every day, from Bazel language rules and monorepo libraries/workflows, to high-fidelity DevContainer environments, to agentic, productivity-enhancing AI workflows. Your work will directly improve build and test performance, monorepo reliability, developer onboarding, and the overall productivity of thousands of engineers. You’ll have the opportunity to work on high-impact, large-scale developer infrastructure that powers a global engineering organization. Join us to help define the future of DoorDash’s developer experience, build systems used daily across the company, and collaborate with a team committed to creating a fast, reliable, and joyful developer experience. You will report into the Engineering Manager of our Backend Developer Experience team in our Developer Platform organization. You must be located in either San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY

  • Improve the developer workflow inside our monorepos through tooling, automation, and paved-path standards.
  • Build and evolve the Bazel-based backend build ecosystem, including rules for Go, Python, and Kotlin.
  • Develop and enhance DevContainer-based local and remote development environments that offer fast, consistent, and production-faithful developer workflows.
  • Create and extend IDE plugins and tooling that streamline code navigation, build/test, and rapid feedback loops.
  • Contribute to AI-native developer tooling, enabling intelligent workflows for code generation, testing, debugging, and knowledge retrieval.
  • Design and build robust, scalable internal systems with engineering excellence and long-term maintainability in mind.
  • You have 2+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience engineering.
  • You’re proficient in Go, Python, Kotlin, or other modern backend languages.
  • You’ve worked with build systems (e.g., Bazel, Gradle) or have built developer tooling, frameworks, or platform components that improve developer productivity.
  • You have hands-on experience with large-scale monorepos and understand the challenges of operating in them.
  • You’re familiar with Bazel, remote build execution, and build caching.
  • You have experience with DevContainers, IDE extensions, or other local development tooling.
  • You have knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
  • You have a background in building AI-assisted developer tools or integrating LLM-backed workflows.
  • You’re motivated by making engineers’ lives better across the stack by improving developer workflows, performance, and reliability, and you enjoy eliminating toil and inefficiencies across the company.
  • 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
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