Engineering Manager, Ads Campaign Platform

DoorDash; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead a talented team in developing innovative advertising solutions. This role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical background. You will oversee the Ads and Promotions Campaign Platform, driving impactful product development while fostering a culture of excellence within your team. Join a rapidly growing company committed to empowering local economies and making a difference in the logistics sector. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future of marketing technology and build scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Premium Healthcare

Wellness Expense Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience, including 2 years of management.
• Experience managing product engineering teams with Backend and Frontend Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic impact and shape product development direction.
• Lead and coach engineers, ensuring high engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Technical Expertise

Cross-team Collaboration

Product Management

Problem Solving

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Streaming Technologies

Job description

Ads and Promotions is one of the core features of the DoorDash business which helps our customers access the most quality and affordable selection for their needs. The Ads Demand team plays a crucial role within the Ads and Promos organization and is responsible for Marketing capabilities of the platform. Our mission is to empower businesses with marketing tools to connect with their customers efficiently by creating best in class advertising solutions serving Restaurants, Brands and DoorDash internal use cases.

About the Role

As the Engineering Manager, you will oversee a talented group of engineers, collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and sales partners. Your primary responsibility will be driving the successful execution of our product roadmap, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet both customer needs and business objectives. You will be a key player in fostering a collaborative and cross-functional work environment, promoting effective communication and synergy amongst team members. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills who can balance technical excellence with business priorities.

The Engineering Manager will own, build and maintain all platforms related to Ads and Promotions Campaign Platform. The team owns the source of truth of all types of campaigns and features required for DoorDash advertisers as well as internal marketing campaigns. The team owns real-time streaming solutions to ensure campaign metadata is propagated to all downstream systems, designs data models to support various features required, and owns the source of truth campaign data model. You will be working on the latest cutting-edge streaming technologies to build platform features for our advertisers.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Drive strategic impact across the organization, playing a key role in shaping the direction of our product development and influencing the company's overall success.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define the roadmap and vision for the team and deliver immense impact.
• Lead an outstanding team by coaching engineers, empowering engineers through delegation, and applying your technical expertise to hold your team to the highest engineering standards.
• Inspire the team with your technical vision and create the alignment necessary to execute on it.
• Work on the latest cutting-edge streaming technologies and create delightful features for our advertisers.
• Scale the team by recruiting, retaining, and developing highly talented engineers across different disciplines.

We're excited about you because you have…

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 7+ years of industry experience, including a minimum of 2 years of management experience.
• Experience managing product engineering teams with Backend and Frontend Engineers.
• Experience building platforms on streaming technologies.
• Strong product sense and can be a thought partner with cross-functional peers.
• Hands-on experience working with non-technical stakeholders, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable products in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work with product and business partners to collect non-technical requirements to design and build scalable experience solutions.
• Ability to guide and grow an excellent engineering team in a rapidly changing business environment.

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.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.