Software Engineering, Backend; Teams

Position: Software Engineering, Backend (All Teams)
About the Team
Door Dash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to join our fast-growing engineering team to help us develop a 24x7, global infrastructure system that powers Door Dash's three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and dashers.

About the Role
We're looking for Backend Engineers to work on both Product and Product Platform based teams. Product focused Engineers work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to solve key business problems with elegant technical solutions. You'll operate our backend services and architecture that support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture -- collaborating cross-functionally, as well as evaluating and executing on trade-offs to maximize business impact for the company.

This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

Develop, release and run large-scale web applications

Develop and define the backend architecture and tech stack for a product area

Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security for our backend systems

Be involved in transitioning our monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture

Completely disrupt logistics by tackling bleeding-edge, technical problems

We're excited about you because you have...

B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent

Prior experience (2+ years industry experience) working with backend tech stacks

Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) in the full software development lifecycle, including designing, generating code, testing, monitoring and releasing software

Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources

Experience with service oriented architecture, writing REST API’s, unit testing, and architectural design

Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST)

Experience with SQL and No

SQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ)

Compensation
Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants.

Door Dash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees, that includes paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefit and several paid holidays.

Additionally, for full-time employees, Door Dash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, an RRSP including an employer match, and a mental health program, among others.

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

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within British Columbia.

$120,000 - $150,000 CAD

About Door Dash
At Door Dash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

Door Dash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees' happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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.

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