Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience, Android

DoorDash; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team to build foundational libraries, build systems, and development tools for all DoorDash Mobile applications. You will mentor peers, collaborate with engineers and product managers, and help drive high-impact initiatives that improve productivity across our mobile ecosystem.

You will report to the Engineering Manager of Mobile Foundations within the Developer Platform and must be located in one of several US cities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Android development experience.
• Product mindset with ability to build platform services.
• Curious and capable of diving deep into different system architectures.
• Organized with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of Mobile Development and directly impact daily workflows of mobile engineers.
• Build foundational libraries, build systems, and development tools from the ground up.
• Tackle high-impact technical challenges used by hundreds of engineers.
• Act as a force multiplier to enable product teams to ship faster and more reliably.
• Lead and mentor the mobile engineering community and promote best practices.
• Collaborate across a cross-functional organization with engineers, PMs, and leaders.

Skills

Android development

Mentorship

Communication

Product mindset

Job description

About the Team

Our mission is to provide a world-class development experience that makes DoorDash's mobile engineers among the most productive in the industry. We achieve this by creating the libraries, tools, and frameworks that enable our product teams to ship features quickly and reliably. Because their success is our success, we are deeply invested in building a strong, collaborative mobile community that champions best practices and welcomes participation.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team, you will build the foundational pieces for all DoorDash Mobile applications. These include runtime libraries, build systems, and development tools. You will work closely with engineers, technical product managers, and engineering managers across all parts of the engineering organization to deliver large and impactful initiatives. Additionally, you will be a culture carrier for our Mobile engineers through mentorship, education, and engagement of your peers.

You will report into the Engineering Manager of our Mobile Foundations team in our Developer Platform organization. You must be located in either San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

Shape the future of Mobile Development. You will have a direct and meaningful impact on the daily workflows of every mobile engineer at the company, enhancing their productivity and overall developer experience. Build from the ground up. You will architect and implement foundational libraries, cutting-edge build systems, and innovative development tools that serve as the bedrock for all of our mobile applications. Solve complex, high-impact challenges. You will tackle some of the most significant technical hurdles in mobile engineering, and the solutions you deliver will be leveraged by hundreds of engineers across numerous product teams. Act as a force multiplier. Your work will directly empower product teams to build, test, and release new features to our customers faster and more reliably than ever before. Lead and mentor. You will have the opportunity to guide and influence the mobile engineering community, sharing your expertise, promoting best practices, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration. Collaborate across the organization. You will work in a highly cross-functional environment, partnering with a diverse group of engineers, product managers, and leaders to drive critical initiatives forward.

We're excited about you because...

You have 5+ years of Android development experience.You have a product mindset and apply that to how you would build out platform services.You love people, systems, and software and are competent working with all three.You're curious and like to dive deep into different system architectures.You are an organized and excellent written and verbal communicator.

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.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 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). 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 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.

$159,800 - $235,000 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 l