Senior Associate, Ad Ops Platform

DoorDash, Inc

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$87,000–$128,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $108k
$70k most similar roles pay here $246k

This role pays less than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $147,925–$228,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $108k versus about $188k 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 187 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Associate, Ad Ops Platform

As a Senior Associate, Ad Ops Platform within the Ads & Promotions organization, you will serve as a technical builder focused on creating internal tools, automations, and data workflows. You will partner directly with ad operations teams to identify high-effort manual processes and replace them with reliable systems designed to improve campaign execution speed and accuracy. Your daily work involves transforming messy operational data into repeatable processes by utilizing SQL, scripting, Python, and AI or large language model tools. The role requires a candidate who can independently query data to measure impact and solve ambiguous problems from inception to deployment. By building these end-to-end solutions, you will directly reduce manual labor and errors for the team while ensuring that internal systems can scale effectively as the business grows without requiring proportional increases in headcount.

What you'll do

  • Design and ship end-to-end automations, data workflows, and internal tools to replace manual processes.
  • Partner with ad operations teams to identify and resolve high-effort manual tasks.
  • Use SQL, scripting, and AI tools to transform messy operational data into repeatable systems.
  • Develop and maintain reliable software solutions using Python or similar programming languages.
  • Apply large language models (LLMs) to automate and improve real-world workflows.
  • Analyze data independently to measure the impact of new tools on efficiency and accuracy.
  • Propose and experiment with new projects to optimize team operations and campaign execution.

What we're looking for

  • You must have a bachelor's degree.
  • You should have at least 3 years of experience building automations or tools to eliminate manual work.
  • You must be able to write and ship code using Python, scripting, or similar languages.
  • You must be fluent in SQL for querying and analyzing data independently.
  • You must have hands-on experience applying AI and large language model (LLM) tools to real workflows.
  • You should be able to design and own end-to-end data workflows and internal tools.

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