Staff Software Engineer, Backend

DoorDash, Inc

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Seattle, WA
Salary: $130,600–$192,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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This role $161k

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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 · Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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As a Staff Software Engineer at DoorDash, you will join a rapidly growing engineering team focused on building and maintaining a large-scale 24x7 global infrastructure system for the company’s three-sided marketplace. Your primary responsibilities include developing and defining backend architecture and tech stacks, improving performance, reliability, scalability, and security of our systems, and transitioning from a monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges and mentor junior to mid-level peers while influencing the company’s technical roadmaps. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of industry experience, expertise in backend tech stacks including REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design, and familiarity with modern web stacks such as HTTP and REST protocols, SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres and Redis, and messaging systems like RabbitMQ.

Skills

Python Java Go SQL NoSQL Postgres Redis Elasticsearch RabbitMQ REST HTTP Kubernetes Docker CI/CD AWS Azure Google Cloud Terraform Microservices MVP

What you'll do

Develop and release large-scale web applications for DoorDash's marketplace.
Define backend architecture and tech stack for product areas.
Enhance performance, reliability, scalability, and security of backend systems.
Transition monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture.
Mentor junior to mid-level peers and influence technical roadmaps.

What we're looking for

8+ years of industry experience in backend development
Expertise in developing and defining backend architecture and tech stacks
Proven ability to analyze and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability
Experience with service-oriented architecture and REST API development
Understanding of modern web stacks including HTTP, REST protocols
Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, Redis)
Capable of mentoring junior to mid-level peers and influencing technical roadmaps

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