Engineering Manager, Logistics Platform

About The Team

Door Dash is seeking a platform-oriented Engineering Manager to lead our Session Platform team within the Logistics org. Our goal is to build a scalable, reliable, and extensible global platform that powers the end-to-end lifecycle of the fulfillment and courier operations. This team sits at the heart of Door Dash’s fulfillment ecosystem, powering the delivery and courier data that drives our logistics engine.

We build the foundational models and workflows that enable our customer teams (Order, Shopping, and beyond) to build extensible solutions on top of the platform.

About

The Role

As the manager of the Logistics Platform team, you will lead a team of backend engineers who solve high-visibility technical challenges for both the delivery and session platforms. You will lead the design and development of our next-generation fulfillment platform, a global engine that powers every fulfillment task with precision, scalability, and reliability. You’ll drive initiatives that ensure our platform can handle diverse logistics workflows, scale seamlessly with customer demand, and deliver exceptional quality across all operations.

You will be responsible for driving the technical vision, strategy, and execution of the team charter.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Lead the technical vision, strategy, and execution of the team charter, working alongside cross-functional partners.

• Passionate about building distributed logistics systems and thrive on the scale and complexity of a global platform.

• Excited about digging into the gnarly problems of distributed systems and want to build systems that scale 100x.

• Scale the team by growing internal talent and attracting world-class talent.

• Grow in your career with unique and challenging opportunities to expand your skill set.

We’re Excited About You Because…

• You’re an owner - driven, focused, and quick to take ownership of your work.

• You are impact driven - you sign up for and drive high-business impact.

• A strong hands-on technical leader and strong product sense.

• Humble - you’re willing to get into the details and you’re open to feedback.

• You have 2+ years of engineering leadership experience as an EM on a full‑stack team.

• You have 7+ years of industry experience.

• You have experience navigating ambiguous business problems and tackling high‑scale technical challenges.

Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market‑dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

Door Dash cares about you and your overall well‑being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 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 (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). Door Dash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family‑forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See Below For Paid Time Off Details

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

Salary Range: $193,800—$285,000 USD

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