Software Engineer, Data Platform (All Teams)

DoorDash ANZ; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

401(k) plan with employer matching

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision

Holidays

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Family-forming assistance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a data platform engineer to help design, deploy and operate scalable data infrastructure for analytics, real-time insights, and personalization. You will join a team that owns ingestion, governance, and compute frameworks to support business-critical decisions.

The role emphasizes reliability, cost efficiency, and collaboration with engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners across multiple geographies. Relocation to Bay Area/NYC/Seattle may be required.

Qualifications

• Must have strong background in big data, streaming and batch analytics.
• Experience building and operating high-scale data platforms.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the data platform strategy and roadmap.
• Scale the analytical platform to handle growing data and use cases.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts and ML teams to enable insights.
• Improve efficiency, reliability, and cost effectiveness of data infra.

Skills

Big data experience

Reliability & scalability

Data platform ownership

Collaboration with stakeholders

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Apache Kafka

Flink

Spark

Airflow

Iceberg

Cassandra

ClickHouse

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. The Core Data Platform organization owns all the infrastructure necessary to run an operationally efficient analytical data stack.

About the Roles

The Data Platform team spans data mobility frameworks, ingestion, infrastructure, tools, and governance. Together, they design and operate scalable compute and ingestion frameworks using technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, and modern lakehouse solutions, while also building abstractions and tools that simplify data workflows for engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners. In parallel, these teams establish strong data quality, cataloging, privacy, and compliance standards to ensure trust in analytics and regulatory adherence. As relatively high-impact teams, they offer engineers the opportunity to shape the roadmap, influence core platform decisions, and directly enable DoorDash’s business‑critical insights and real‑time personalization capabilities. You must be located in San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Drive vision & strategy for building the frameworks charter and position it to handle the challenges of a rapidly growing business.
• Scale the analytical platform for the increasing amounts of data and use cases.
• You will bring your expertise in building and operating high scale systems with a focus on reliability, scalability and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders building solutions on top of the platform
• Foster a positive and supportive work culture, upleveling others.

We’re excited about you because you have…

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 2+ years of industry experience at our I4 level, 5+ years of industry experience at our I5 level
• Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) in the full software development lifecycle, including designing, generating code, testing, monitoring and releasing software
• Experience working on big data domains (streaming, batch, data lake OLAP) and promoting realtime insights and data analytics at scale using technologies such as Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark,, Cassandra,, Clickhouse, Iceberg etc.
• Prior technical experience in Big Data infrastructure & governance - you’ve built meaningful pieces of data infrastructure. Bonus if those were open‑sourced technologies like DataHub, Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Flink
• Experience improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of data platforms
• You are located or willing to relocate to the Bay Area, Seattle, or New York

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.

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).

The national base pay ranges for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

I4

$130,600—$192,000 USD

I5

$159,800—$235,000 USD

I6

$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.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

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. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. 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. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non‑discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.