Software Engineer, Data Platform
About The Position
The Data Platform team spans data mobility frameworks, ingestion, infrastructure, tools, and governance. Together, they design and operate scalable compute and ingestion frameworks using technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, and modern lakehouse solutions, while also building abstractions and tools that simplify data workflows for engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners. In parallel, these teams establish strong data quality, cataloging, privacy, and compliance standards to ensure trust in analytics and regulatory adherence. As relatively high-impact teams, they offer engineers the opportunity to shape the roadmap, influence core platform decisions, and directly enable DoorDash’s business-critical insights and real-time personalization capabilities. You must be located in San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY.
Requirements
- B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 2+ years of industry experience in software engineering
- Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) in the full software development lifecycle, including designing, generating code, testing, monitoring and releasing software
- Experience working on big data domains (streaming, batch, data lake OLAP) and promoting realtime insights and data analytics at scale using technologies such as Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark,, Cassandra,, Clickhouse, Iceberg etc.
- Prior technical experience in Big Data infrastructure & governance - you've built meaningful pieces of data infrastructure.
- Experience improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of data platforms
- You are located or willing to relocate to the Bay Area, Seattle, or New York
Nice To Haves
- Bonus if those were open-sourced technologies like DataHub, Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Flink
Responsibilities
- Drive vision & strategy for building the frameworks charter and position it to handle the challenges of a rapidly growing business.
- Scale the analytical platform for the increasing amounts of data and use cases.
- Bring your expertise in building and operating high scale systems with a focus on reliability, scalability and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with stakeholders building solutions on top of the platform
- Foster a positive and supportive work culture, upleveling others.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- wellness benefits
- commuter benefits match
- paid time off
- paid sick leave
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- disability and basic life insurance
- family-forming assistance
- mental health program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
