Data & AI Platform Engineer - AI-Driven Analytics

DoorDash, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks paid parental leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking engineers for the Data User Experience Engineering team within Data Platform. You will own the path from a question to an answer, enabling analysts and executives to produce reliable dashboards with AI-assisted queries and governance.

You will contribute to semantic layers, cross‑tenant data platforms, and scalable reporting architectures. You will work on agent‑assisted query authoring, generated charts, and a dynamic metadata surface with strong emphasis on accuracy,

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering.
• Backend fundamentals with Go & Python and ownership of production services.
• Shipped an LLM-powered feature to real users with retrieval/ grounding.
• Built data platform components like semantic layers, data discovery, and dashboards.
• Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes in production; MCP/tool‑calling experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the full path from a question to a purchasable answer in dashboards and reports.
• Ship agentic analytics features to thousands of users; accuracy as a product.
• Build data platform for authoring, dashboards, scheduling, and permissions.

Skills

Go

Python

LLM features

Kubernetes

AWS

Data platforms

Retrieval & grounding

Agent frameworks

Prompt optimization

Full stack

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

ClickHouse

Kubernetes

Job description

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking engineers for the Data User Experience Engineering team within Data Platform. You will own the path from a question to an answer, enabling analysts and executives to produce reliable dashboards with AI-assisted queries and governance.

You will contribute to semantic layers, cross‑tenant data platforms, and scalable reporting architectures. You will work on agent‑assisted query authoring, generated charts, and a dynamic metadata surface with strong emphasis on accuracy,