Software Engineer, Data Mobility
DoorDash
About the Team
Come help us build the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're bringing on experienced engineers to help us further our 24x7, global infrastructure system that powers DoorDash’s three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and dashers.
About the Team
The Data Ingestion team at DoorDash is at the forefront of managing the seamless movement of trillions of telemetry and transaction data points from diverse sources to our data lakehouse in real-time. By integrating this data with our online systems, we empower multiple business lines, drive critical machine learning models, and fuel fast-paced experimentation. Our team leverages cutting-edge open-source technologies such as Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Delta Lake, and Iceberg to build and maintain a scalable, high-quality data ingestion framework. As a key player in this innovative and dynamic team, you will help evolve our systems to support DoorDash’s expanding international footprint and ensure the highest standards of reliability and flexibility. This hybrid role requires you to be located in the Bay Area or Seattle.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- High Impact: Contribute to powering multiple business lines with high-quality, low-latency data directly integrated into online systems, driving billions in revenue.
- Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with advanced open-source technologies such as Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Delta Lake, and Iceberg.
- Scalability: Play a crucial role in evolving our systems to accommodate a 10x scale increase, supporting DoorDash’s expanding international footprint.
- Innovation and Excellence: Be part of a team that drives innovation and maintains high standards of reliability and flexibility in our data infrastructure.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in Analytics, Product, and Engineering to ensure stakeholder satisfaction with the data platform's roadmap.
- Career Growth: Join a dynamic and growing company where your contributions are recognized and valued, providing excellent visibility and opportunities for professional development.
We’re excited about you because…
- B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience with CS fundamental concepts and experience with at least one of the programming languages of Scala, Java, and Python
- You are located or are willing to locate to the Bay Area or Seattle
- Prior technical experience in Big Data solutions - you've built meaningful pieces of data infrastructure. Bonus if those were open-sourced big data processing frameworks using technologies like Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, Deltalake
- Experience improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of data platforms
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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.
The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington.
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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