Senior Staff Software Engineer (Search)

DoorDash, Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · Seattle, WA
Salary: $231,200–$340,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 238 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer (Search)

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As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on DoorDash's Search team, you will lead the technical strategy and architectural direction for the entire search stack, driving a multi-year roadmap that spans indexing, serving, and backend systems. You will architect the next-generation search infrastructure, including embedding-based retrieval and ML ranker serving, while partnering with Machine Learning, Product, and Infrastructure teams to deliver high-impact outcomes. This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, data pipelines, and search infrastructure, as well as a strong understanding of ML systems and multi-stage ranking architectures. You will mentor staff engineers and influence cross-functional stakeholders to raise the technical bar for large-scale system design and operation at DoorDash scale.

Skills

Python Java Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Elasticsearch Redis GraphQL LLM Semantic_Search Agentic_Commerce Latency_Sensitive_Systems MLOps Multi_Stage_Ranking Embedding_Based_Retrieval

What you'll do

Drive the technical strategy and architectural direction for DoorDash's search platform.
Own a multi-year roadmap spanning indexing, serving, and backend systems for search.
Architect next-generation search infrastructure including embedding-based retrieval and ML ranker serving.
Mentor staff engineers to raise the bar of technical excellence in the search org.
Influence cross-functional teams to align on technical vision and drive high-impact outcomes.
Solve complex distributed systems challenges and write code that improves system performance.

What we're looking for

10+ years of industry experience leading large-scale, high-impact systems.
Proven ability to drive multi-quarter technical roadmaps and own architectural decisions.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, data pipelines, and search infrastructure.
Strong understanding of ML systems, embedding-based retrieval, and model serving tradeoffs.
Technical intuition with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.

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