Engineering Manager, Parcel

About the Team

Door Dash is looking for an Engineering Manager with strong product sense to oversee building out transportation and logistics strategies for long-distance deliveries across the US. This team is in charge of making big bets to enable Door Dash to think outside of the traditional food delivery box and unlock new opportunities. This is a highly cross-functional team that focuses on both zero‑to‑one initiatives as well as scaling mid‑maturity businesses to help unlock merchant growth and earnings opportunities for drivers.

The team’s charter will span mobile, backend and web components and involves problems like integrating with external transportation aggregators, developing our in‑house TMS and capabilities. The end goal is to build industry‑leading mid‑mile transportation and logistics systems that enable any third‑party business to deliver their items anywhere in their city and across the US.

• Provide technical guidance, leadership and development for a team growing to 8+ engineers across Android, Full Stack and Backend.
• Own the hiring process for your team, in partnership with recruiting, to grow a diverse and inclusive team.
• Collaborate with business and engineering leaders at multinational corporations to understand their business needs and formulate them into a world‑class product.
• Engage with key internal business stakeholders to define the roadmap and vision for our product.
• Partner with analytics and data counterparts to measure impact and success of products and features delivered.

• Strong hands‑on technical leader.
• Strong product intuition.
• Able to lead full‑stack engineering teams – backend, mobile, and some web.
• High‑energy and driven – you’ll do whatever it takes to win.
• Owner – driven, focused, and quick to take ownership of your work.
• Humble – willing to get into the details and open to feedback.
• Adaptable, resilient, and able to thrive in ambiguity – things change quickly in our fast‑paced startup and you’ll need to keep up!
• Growth‑minded – eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper‑growth setting.
• Desire for impact – ready to take on a lot of responsibility and work collaboratively with your team.

• 2+ years of experience in people management, ideally leading a team size of 8+ and managing senior engineers.
• Prior experience working on a user‑facing product.
• Extensive experience as an engineer in a product‑focused development environment.

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below 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. 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.

• 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 benefits.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Disability and basic life insurance.
• Family‑forming assistance.
• Mental health program.

• 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).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado, is USD 193,800–285,000.

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