Senior Staff Engineer, Developer Platform

About the Team

The Developer Platform organization at Door Dash builds the tools, services and frameworks that empower our engineers to build, ship, and launch new products. We drive eng-wide excellence across our three engineering pillars:
Quality, Velocity, and Efficiency.

We’re hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to serve as the technical leader for our Backend Developer Experience group. This group spans monorepo management, IDE tools, build and test systems, CI, frameworks/SDKs, and core platform services. In this hands‑on role, you will define the technical vision and drive execution across a wide range of developer productivity products, impacting every engineering team ’ll partner closely with engineers, leaders, and cross‑functional stakeholders to design and operate systems that support platform reliability, development velocity, and operational efficiency.

The role requires deep technical expertise, strong cross‑functional influence, and a passion for building excellent products that empower teams. You will mentor engineers, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with other leaders to align our platform investments with engineering goals. You’ll work closely with your customers (your fellow engineers) and help identify and resolve their immediate pain points, while also anticipating future needs so the team can deliver solutions proactively.

• Develop and maintain foundational components to enable all Door Dash Engineers to excel at backend engineering.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to drive long‑term architectural direction and influence company‑wide strategy.
• Design & deliver AI‑powered solutions which augment the developer experience.
• Champion data‑informed decision‑making and continuous improvement across the team.
• Guide the organization through large degrees of ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold.
• Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade‑off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams.
• Demonstrate customer obsession by regularly engaging with and surveying engineers to understand their use cases and pain points.
• Mentor engineers in their career as well as help define our engineering culture and best practices.

• 10+ years of hands‑on software development, and expert proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go.
• 5+ years designing and operating distributed systems and platform components at scale.
• Proven expertise in CI/CD orchestration, build systems, frameworks, or platform development.
• A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem‑solving, and deep technical expertise.
• A deep understanding of how to build quality software and know how to balance this with delivering value to your customers.
• Proven success leading cross‑functional initiatives with measurable impact.

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non‑Discrimination:
In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office.

Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place  value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non‑binary or gender non‑conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently‑abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non‑discrimination.