Engineering Manager, Data

DoorDash, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to guide enterprise-scale data solutions and act as a technical expert in data architecture. You will empower a community of engineers, data scientists, and partners, fostering an engineering culture of excellence in a dynamic, hybrid work environment.

Located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or Seattle, this role focuses on data platforms, pipelines, and governance to support reporting, analytics, and product decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years in data engineering or related domain.
• 2+ years hands-on management experience.
• Experience hiring and growing teams.
• Strong communication and leadership in fast-moving environments.
• Hands-on with SQL and Python.
• Proficient with large-scale ETL and data architectures.
• Familiar with cloud data platforms (AWS/GCP) and big data tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a data engineering team delivering enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Set technical vision for data architecture and enable data scientists and engineers.
• Drive reliable, scalable data pipelines and governance across systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data strategy with business goals.
• Mentor engineers, manage performance and ensure engineering excellence.

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

AWS

GCP

Hadoop

Spark

Flink

Airflow

Delta Lake

Iceberg

CockroachDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash is a data driven organization and relies on timely, accurate and reliable data to drive many business and product decisions. Data is at the foundation of DoorDash success. The Data Engineering team builds database solutions for various use cases including reporting, product analytics, marketing optimization and financial reporting. By implementing data structures and data warehouse architecture, this team serves as the foundation for decision-making at DoorDash. The focus extends to enhancing the developer experience by creating tools that support the organization's high-velocity demands.

To lead the growing team of Data engineers we are looking for managers who are passionate about Data and are thought leaders in coaching, guiding and leading teams to make Data a winning edge for DoorDash.

About the Role

DoorDash is looking for a Data Engineering Manager to guide the development of enterprise-scale data solutions. This manager will also act as a technical expert on all things related to data architecture to empower the greater community of data engineers, data scientists, and DoorDash partners. Your focus extends to fostering an engineering culture of excellence, empowering engineers to deliver reliable, flexible solutions at scale. Additionally, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and nurturing a top-performing team, driving innovation and success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You must be located in San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, or Seattle, WA for this hybrid position.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• You are a people leader. You thrive in hiring, building, growing and nurturing impactful business focused data teams
• You are a technology leader. You drive the technical and strategic vision for the embedded pods and foundational enablers to meet current and future needs for scale and interoperability
• You strive for continuous improvement of data architecture and development process
• You think of quick wins while planning for long term strategy and engineering excellence. You are excited about breaking down large systems into easy to use data assets and reusable components
• You are excited about cross collaboration with stakeholders, external partners and peer data leaders
• You are a planner and executioner. You know the tools to plan for short term and long term team and stakeholder success
• You think of reliability and quality as must have

We’re excited about you because you have…

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience working in data engineering or a related domain
• 2+ years of hands‑on management experience
• Experience hiring and growing teams
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to operate in a fast moving environment
• Experienced with performance management, coaching, mentoring and growing teams
• Hands‑on approach to closing gaps in data infrastructure and technical execution, able to code in SQL and Python
• Prior experience with Snowflake/Redshift, AWS/GCP, Hadoop/Spark/Big data, Lambda/KAPPA architectures, Flink/Airflow
• Prior experience with large scale batch/real time ETL orchestration
• Prior experience in Systems Engineering - you've built meaningful big data processing systems at scale, and experience with big data compute engines such as Apache Spark and Apache Flink
• Familiarity with Datalake solutions such as Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg
• Familiarity with a cloud based environment such as AWS
• Experience with these specific technologies is not required but helpful
• Building systems directly powering online applications
• Exposure to various databases such as CockroachDB, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL

Notice Regarding Use of AI and Automated Tools:To streamline our hiring process, DoorDash utilizes an automated recruitment tool called Gem.

How it works: Gem assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision‑making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Gem or other AI‑enabled tool in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.

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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