Engineering Manager, Reliability Platform

DoorDash, Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CANew York City, NY
Salary: $193,800–$285,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Reliability Platform

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As an Engineering Manager on the Reliability Platform team at DoorDash, you will lead a high-caliber engineering team responsible for designing, building, and operating critical infrastructure. Your day-to-day involves managing team performance, recruiting top talent, and fostering a global culture aligned with European counterparts. You’ll work closely with Infrastructure and Product teams to develop mission-critical back-end services, complex orchestration workflows, self-service UIs, and AI Agent improvements. Key technologies include AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code practices. The role demands expertise in SLO frameworks, change orchestration tools, and incident management processes, all while embracing AI for innovative solutions. With a focus on delivering high-quality infrastructure that supports DoorDash’s 4,000 internal customers, you’ll ensure the team’s success through effective leadership, budget management, and policy establishment.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python Go Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL SLOs Incident Management Change Orchestration AI Tools MCP Feature Flags Infrastructure as Code Security Best Practices Agentic Workflows

What you'll do

Recruit and retain top engineering talent to enhance team capabilities.
Manage team performance through regular assessments and coaching sessions.
Establish efficient project execution rituals to maximize productivity.
Align with European teams to foster a shared global culture and mission.
Own and manage incident response processes, ensuring effective communication.
Control the team’s budget for cloud infrastructure and third-party vendors.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience leading high-calibre engineering teams.
Proven track record in delivering and maintaining complex systems as an individual contributor or team leader.
Platform mindset with expertise in designing systems used daily by other engineers.
Strong influence skills to shape best practices consistently across the organization.
Deep understanding of cloud fundamentals, including AWS primitives, security, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code.
Experience with SRE concepts such as SLOs, error budgets, and incident response.
Embrace AI tools for productivity and foster this mindset within your team.

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