Engineering Manager, Merchant Knowledge Platform

DoorDash, Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$193,800–$285,000 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $184,925–$272,362 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $239k versus about $229k for comparable roles.

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About DoorDash, Inc

DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States.

DoorDash, Inc currently has 97 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $163,800–$240,900 across 96 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Merchant Knowledge Platform

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Engineering Manager, Merchant Knowledge Platform joins the Merchant organization to lead a team building systems that serve merchant, store, menu, and catalog data across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo. This role involves owning the technical direction and roadmap, guiding architecture and design decisions for distributed systems, and coaching engineers of various experience levels. You will partner with engineering, product, and business teams to transform shared needs into reusable platform capabilities that ensure data reliability and efficient access at scale. Key responsibilities include managing performance, improving platform reliability, and utilizing AI tools for development. The position requires expertise in large-scale backend or platform systems, data access patterns, and distributed systems to solve the technical challenge of supporting high volumes of data with low latency and consistent performance.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in New York?

Median $254488 from 41 postings across 13 companies.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Data Access Patterns AI Tools High Availability Low Latency

What you'll do

  • Shape the technical vision and roadmap for a global merchant data platform.
  • Guide the design of distributed systems for high availability and low latency.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to turn shared needs into reusable platform capabilities.
  • Support, coach, and develop a team of engineers to grow their technical skills.
  • Improve platform reliability and engineering practices using AI tools.
  • Review detailed designs and help engineers work through complex implementation decisions.
  • Balance immediate partner needs with long-term platform investments and technical tradeoffs.

What we're looking for

  • You must be located in the New York Metro Area for this hybrid position.
  • You have experience managing engineers, including coaching, performance management, and supporting career growth.
  • You have experience building and operating large-scale backend or platform systems.
  • You have a strong understanding of distributed systems, data access patterns, and reliability.
  • You have experience leading technical projects and guiding architecture and detailed designs.
  • You have experience setting technical roadmaps and balancing immediate partner needs with long-term platform investments.
  • You can connect technical decisions to business outcomes and communicate priorities and tradeoffs across teams.

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