Staff Security Engineer, Proactive Security

DoorDash, Inc

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Remote (San Francisco, CA, US) Posted 1 day ago $193,800–$285,000 / year
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This role $239k
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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $145,700–$195,110 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $239k versus about $170k 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 238 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $131,600–$193,500 across 156 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR

As a Staff Security Engineer at DoorDash, you will join an inclusive and collaborative global team dedicated to securing the company’s 24x7, no-downtime infrastructure that powers its multi-sided marketplace. Your primary responsibilities include threat modeling, hardening security services, defining security standards, and implementing automated controls with developer ergonomics in mind. You will partner cross-functionally with various teams to build secure development practices and lead the technical direction for your assigned area of ownership. Key skills required are 8+ years of experience as a security engineer, expertise in OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, distributed systems security, CI/CD pipelines, scripting languages like Python, infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, and cloud management in GCP and AWS. You will also manage the lifecycle of product and cloud security vulnerabilities, participate in on-call rotations, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring high operational excellence standards are met.

Skills

Python Java Golang Terraform AWS GCP CI/CD OWASP Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead threat modeling, hardening, and operationalization of security services at DoorDash scale.
  • Define and implement automated security controls with developer ergonomics in mind.
  • Build "paved paths" for secure design practices in product and infrastructure development.
  • Manage the lifecycle of product and cloud security vulnerabilities from identification to remediation.
  • Mentor earlier career engineers, setting high standards for Operational Excellence and Security Engineering.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience as a security engineer in product or infrastructure security.
  • Proven ability to drive foundational improvements in company infrastructure security.
  • Deep understanding of OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and distributed systems security.
  • Experience automating security controls using CI/CD pipelines and scripting languages.
  • Expertise with cloud infrastructure management (GCP, AWS) and infrastructure as code tools.
  • Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis and solving complex systemic issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical documentation review.

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