Engineering Manager, Discovery Experience

Socket.dev; San Francisco, Sunnyvale (CA, CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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/

medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

disability and basic life insurance

family-forming assistance

mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Discovery Experience team, owning the Homepage—the first screen millions see every day. You will shape product and technical direction, partnering with Product, Design, Data Science, and ML teams to deliver impactful optimization at scale.

You will build and coach a high-performing, inclusive team, manage roadmaps, and ensure reliability, performance, and a superior user experience across iOS, Android, and Web.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience with at least 2 years in management.
• Experience leading BE, Android, iOS and Web engineering teams.
• Strong product sense and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and translate non-technical requirements.
• Experience building scalable, high-performance discovery experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the Homepage discovery surface end-to-end.
• Define roadmap and drive execution with Product, Design, Data Science, ML teams.
• Coach and grow a high-performing, inclusive engineering team.
• Ensure reliability, performance, and user experience at scale.
• Architect backend systems and APIs for a fast, personalized homepage.

Skills

Engineering management

Product sense

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

System design

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Discovery Experience team, which owns the Homepage - DoorDash's front door. It's the first screen millions of consumers see every day, and since every session starts there, it's the highest-leverage surface in the consumer funnel: a more personalized recommendation, a faster render, or a cleaner layout can move the metrics the whole company watches.

The Homepage spans restaurants, grocery, and emerging verticals across iOS, Android, and Web. We're rebuilding it around LLM-generated recommendations, shifting discovery from static, rules-based feeds to generative, intent-driven experiences that respond to real-time signals in the moment.

About the Role

You will lead and grow a team of product-focused full stack engineers, owning both the product and technical direction for the discovery surface - deciding where discovery goes next and how it's built. You'll set the roadmap and drive execution alongside Product, Design, Data Science, and ML/Recommendation Platform partners, and you'll own the quality, velocity, and consumer impact your team ships. It's a role with real ownership and the room to grow both the product and the team behind it.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will

• Own the Homepage end to end, the highest-traffic surface at DoorDash and where every consumer session begins
• Turn Homepage bets into company-level outcomes: real lift in conversion and order rate for millions of consumers
• Define discovery quality for DoorDash: getting the right store, restaurant, or item in front of the right consumer at the right moment
• Ship LLM-gen recommendations and intent-aware discovery that route consumers to the right experience across food, grocery, retail, and emerging verticals
• Partner across Product, Design, Data Science, and ML/Recommendation Platform teams to shape the discovery roadmap and ship the experiences behind it
• Build an inclusive, high-performing team by coaching engineers, supporting career growth, and scaling the org as impact grows
• Drive product velocity while holding a high bar for reliability, performance, and user experience
• Architect the backend systems and APIs that assemble a fast, personalized Homepage across iOS, Android, and Web

We're excited about you because

• You have a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
• You have 7+ years of industry experience, including minimum of 2 years of management experience
• You have experience managing engineering disciplines across BE + Android + iOS + Web
• You bring in strong product sense and can be a thought partner with cross-functional peers
• You have hands-on experience working with non-technical stakeholders, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable products in a fast-paced environment
• You have the ability to handle ambiguity and work with product and business partners to collect non-technical requirements to design and build scalable experience solutions
• You have the ability to guide and grow an excellent engineering team in a rapidly changing business environment

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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.

Benefits

• 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)
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• disability and basic life insurance
• family-forming assistance
• mental health program

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 hour