Senior Software Engineer, Backend Frameworks

Software Engineer Backend Frameworks

Our mission is to enable DoorDash Backend engineers across our three engineering excellence pillars : Quality, Velocity and Efficiency, through excellent language standards. There are multiple high impact opportunities in the team, with focus areas across application platforms, platform reliability, performance, scalability and efficiency.

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.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will

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.

We're excited about you because

You have 5+ years of experience in Java or Kotlin (bonus points for Golang and Python)

You are comfortable working on distributed systems and platform components, and have demonstrated effectiveness in building them at scale

You apply a product mindset to platform problems and feel accomplished enabling others.

You're curious and dive deep into different system architectures.

You solve problems using software to automate and avoid creating toil for others.

You are an organized and excellent written and verbal communicator.

Compensation The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee's work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future. In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes 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). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of usersfrom Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers.

We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel. Statement of Non-Discrimination : In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on : race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital / domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on "protected categories," we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation. If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.