Senior Engineering Manager, Consumer Machine Learning
DoorDash
About the Team
DoorDash is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with an ML background to lead our Consumer Machine Learning team. This team is responsible for building end-to-end ML products and solutions to power the entire shopping journey while maximizing value for Consumers, Merchants and Doordash. The charter of the team includes homepage recommendation and ranking, search relevance and quality, intelligent notifications, shopping recommendations, etc.
About The Role
You will lead a team of strong ML engineers and managers making each customer's every interaction with DoorDash personalized. You will also be defining Doordash’s machine learning and AI strategy and lead our implementation
You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…
- Lead and grow a team of exceptional machine learning engineers and managers, building end-to-end ML products across homepage recommendation and ranking, search relevance and quality, intelligent notification, etc
- Leverage cutting edge LLM and Deep Learning (GNN, MTL, Transformers) to augment the DoorDash’s ML stack
- Work with cross functional partners to define consumer product, business and technology strategy and deliver immense impact
- Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, outside-of-the-box thinking and teamwork
- Build an outstanding team by coaching and empowering engineers and managers through delegation, and applying your technical expertise to hold your team to the highest engineering standards
- Scale the team by developing internal, and attracting top external talent
We're Excited About You Because You Have…
- B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
- 10+ years of industry experience
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience
- Broad machine learning knowledge with strong ML modeling foundation
- Extensive experience in leading recommendation, ranking, search or equivalent ML teams building consumer-facing product
- Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with teams spanning many disciplines
- Ability to guide and grow an excellent engineering teams in a rapidly changing business environment
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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.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.
Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, 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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash 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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