Engineering Manager, Merchandising Experience

Engg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 194,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

Paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits

Paid time off & sick leave

Job summary

DoorDash seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team spanning iOS, Android, web, and backend, delivering end-to-end Occasions experiences.

You will partner with product, strategy, operations, design, user research, and analytics to shape roadmap, mentor engineers, and build scalable, personalized customer experiences in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS or equivalent.
• 7+ years of industry experience, including at least 2 years of management experience.
• Experience managing BE + Android + iOS + Web teams.
• Strong product sense and ability to 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a full-stack engineering team across mobile, web, and backend.
• Partner with product, strategy, operations, design, user research, and analytics to define roadmap and vision for the team.
• Coach engineers and empower through delegation while maintaining high engineering standards.
• Scale the team by developing internal talents and attracting top talent.
• Build customizable, personalized, and reusable user experiences on mobile and web apps.

Skills

Full-stack leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Product sense

Stakeholder management

Non-technical collaboration

Team scaling

Education

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

Tools

iOS/Android/Web Backend stack

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash is seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to spearhead a dynamic team with two key focus areas: leveraging merchandising platform to simplify consumer discovery for new use cases, and create more variety of customer experience to attract engagement. This team operates at the intersection of product platform and product experience, driving innovation to solve some of the company’s top priorities.

About the Role

As the Engineering Manager, you will assume leadership of a versatile full-stack engineering team spanning mobile, web, and backend. Your responsibility extends beyond technical prowess as you will engage in close collaboration with key stakeholders in product development, strategy, operations, design, user research, and analytics. Your leadership will steer a dynamic, data-centric team, swiftly crafting an end-to-end Occasions user experience. This team will serve as the builder of customizable, personalized, and reusable user experiences on mobile and web apps.

• You’ll manage a full-stack team with iOS, Android, web, and backend engineers
• You will directly work with partners in product, strategy & operations, design, user research, and analytics across DoorDash to define the roadmap and vision for the team and deliver immense impact
• Build an outstanding team by coaching engineers, empowering engineers through delegation, and applying your technical expertise to hold your team to the highest engineering standards
• Scale the team by developing internal talents and attracting top talents

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 a 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.

$193,800 - $285,000 USD

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, among others
• 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).
• The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado. $193,800 - $285,000 USD

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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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.

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