Engineering Manager, Social
DoorDash
About the Team
At DoorDash, we are transforming how people discover and enjoy what is best in their neighborhoods. Today, online ordering can feel transactional. Our mission is to make it personal, social, and inspiring. The Social team is leading this transformation by blending authentic community content such as reviews, videos, and recommendations with AI to understand what people love, personalize discovery, and create trusted connections between customers, creators, and local experts.
About the Role
You will lead a talented team of full-stack engineers who are shaping the next generation of social discovery experiences. This includes integrating intelligent content ranking, personalized feeds, video-driven discovery, and sharing features across the DoorDash app. You will work closely with partners in Product, Design, and Machine Learning to bring these ideas to life through scalable and reliable engineering systems. You will play a hands-on leadership role, guiding both the technology and the team that make social discovery at DoorDash possible.
- Lead a full-stack engineering team working across backend, web, Android, and iOS platforms.
- Partner with product, design, and ML teams to build features that make DoorDash more social, visual, and intelligent.
- Inspire a culture of technical excellence, inclusivity, and experimentation.
- Define a long-term technical roadmap that balances innovation with reliability, performance, and user trust.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers while fostering collaboration and growth.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Shape how millions of people discover new favorites using AI-powered personalization and social context.
- Build intelligent systems that connect customers through authentic community and creator content.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to translate data and insights into engaging, scalable product experiences.
- Drive technical innovation in a fast-paced environment that encourages creativity and rapid iteration.
- Play a key role in redefining the intersection of social content, AI, and commerce.
We’re excited about you because…
- 7 or more years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years of technical leadership or people management.
- Experience leading full-stack teams and building products across backend and client platforms (Web, iOS, Android).
- A strong product mindset and the ability to connect technical strategy to user value and business impact.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical partners.
- A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
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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 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). DoorDash 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).
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.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
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