Senior Technical Program Manager - Foundations Engineering

Doordashusa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks of paid parental leave

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

Doordashusa in San Francisco is looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive critical initiatives across Foundations Engineering. This role involves working with cross-functional teams to establish vision and strategy for engineering efforts.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant experience in technology, strong communication skills, and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package, contributing to a vibrant workspace.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of recent experience as a Technical Program Manager at a technology company.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices and developer tools.
• Experience with implementing data and infrastructure technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own Foundations Programs and define vision and strategies.
• Drive platform adoption and manage onboarding.
• Influence stakeholders and manage expectations across teams.

Skills

Technical program management

Infrastructure engineering

Data engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

About the Team

At DoorDash we’re building the industry’s most scalable and reliable delivery network to support our three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and dashers. TPMs on our Engineering teams provide fundamental support to the underlying technology services, as well as the engineers building these services. It’s no simple task, but it wouldn’t be interesting if it was!

Foundations Engineering is the horizontal on which DoorDash's entire product engineering org runs. It’s made up of four pillars: Core Infrastructure, Developer Platform, Data Engineering and Data Platform. Every product team at DoorDash - consumer, merchant, Dasher, logistics, commerce - builds on top of Foundations.

About the Role

Our team is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Foundations Engineering to drive critical initiatives across Data Engineering, Data Platform, Core Infrastructure, and Developer Platform. This role will involve working with cross-functional teams to establish the vision, strategy, and technical direction for our foundational engineering efforts. Programs in this space will require a strong technical understanding, cross-organization coordination, stakeholder management, and ownership of results.

You will report into the centralized Technical Program Management team in Engineering and must be located in either the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, or Seattle.

Responsibilities

• Own Foundations Programs – Partner with Directors in Foundations Engineering and key engineering leaders to define vision, strategy, technical direction, and success metrics for foundational programs. Focus areas include quality, reliability, security, compliance, capacity planning, vendor and cost management, platform adoptions, and migrations.
• Drive Platform Adoption – Own the end-to-end motion of getting product engineering teams onto new platform capabilities. This means building migration frameworks, managing long-tail onboarding, removing blockers, and tracking adoption with rigor.
• Demonstrate Technical Depth – Develop a full understanding of our technical stack and interdependencies. Contribute meaningfully to design reviews, identify cross-cutting risks, and ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and efficient. You don’t need to write the code, but you need to understand what’s being built and why.
• Influence Without Authority – Foundations programs require alignment across dozens of product engineering teams that have their own roadmaps and priorities. You’ll need to build trust, make compelling cases for platform investment, and navigate organizational complexity to get things done.
• Nurture Stakeholders – Manage expectations from engineering leadership down to individual teams. Strong problem solving and negotiation skills are essential. You’ll earn trust through competence, not just coordination.
• Plan & Execute Optimizations – Drive Engineering OKR planning, develop execution and tracking frameworks, and provide visibility into resource allocation and prioritization across the Foundations portfolio.
• Manage Process & Timelines – Maintain timely, succinct communication to leadership and across teams. Build lightweight processes that increase velocity — not processes for the sake of process. DoorDash moves fast; your job is to make it easier to move, not harder.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of recent experience as a Technical Program Manager at a technology company, ideally in an infrastructure or platform engineering organization.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, infrastructure systems, and developer tools. Experience with data engineering, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms is highly desirable.
• Experience working with engineering teams to implement data and infrastructure technologies and drive adoption across product and platform engineering teams.
• Project planning and execution skills, including reviewing technical design documents, estimating, and scheduling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with confidence, clarity, and focus.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to collaborate and build relationships across organizations, bridge gaps between teams, and successfully influence without authority.
• Pragmatic and detail-oriented approach with a focus on progress, not perfection.

Benefits

DoorDash offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, including 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, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family‑forming assistance, a mental health program, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Statement of Non‑Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non‑binary or gender non‑conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently‑abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.