Senior Staff Engineer, Developer Platform

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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 engineering-wide excellence across our three 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 at Door Dash.

You’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 which 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.

You must be located in the following locations:
San Francisco, CA;
Sunnyvale, CA;
Seattle, WA;
Los Angeles, CA;
New York, NY.

• 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 and deliver AI‑powered solutions that 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 knowing when to break the mold.
• Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade‑off to executives 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 careers and 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 balance this with delivering value to customers.
• Proven success leading cross‑functional initiatives with measurable impact.

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The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the described range and is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. In addition to base salary, the compensation includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws.
• Medical, dental, and vision…