Software Engineer, Storage

DoorDash USA; Seattle, New York, San Francisco (WA, NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks of paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

DoorDash USA is looking for a skilled engineer to join their Storage team, focusing on building high-performance data abstractions. The role involves enhancing system efficiency, reliability, and leveraging technologies like Cassandra and Redis.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in distributed systems and experience developing scalable infrastructure. This hybrid position is available in Seattle, San Francisco, or New York Metro Area, and includes a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, building and maintaining scalable distributed data infrastructure.
• Proficient in Go or Java with expertise in multi-threading and distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of NoSQL databases and distributed caching systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize distributed storage systems.
• Own high-leverage control-plane services.
• Collaborate with teams for seamless data access.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data reliability

Go or Java

NoSQL databases

Distributed caching systems

Multi-threading

Education

2+ years of working experience in data infrastructure

Tools

Cassandra

Redis

Memcached

Job description

About the Team

The Storage teams build and operate online stateful systems and abstractions that are reliable, efficient, secure and easy to use for DoorDash Engineering. They are responsible for understanding Product Engineering’s evolving needs and developing platform and infrastructure capabilities to serve them. The team currently supports CockroachDB, Cassandra, Kafka and Redis, as well as data abstraction services to reduce the complexity of interacting with storage systems for Product Engineers.

About the Role

The Storage team is building and operating a high‑performance, scalable, and reliable data abstraction layer that optimizes both efficiency and reliability. Our goal is to create a platform that manages itself and fades into the background—empowering engineers to focus on delivering product experiences our customers love.

This role is available across two teams within Storage, each solving unique and high‑impact challenges:

• One team is building the orchestration layer for DoorDash’s storage platform—unifying lifecycle management, operations, and self‑serve APIs for databases and streaming systems, turning complex, stateful infrastructure into reliable, developer‑friendly services used across the company.
• One team builds and operates the distributed data platform powering DoorDash's largest stateful workloads—including Cassandra, which backs critical product surfaces across DoorDash, Wolt, and Roo. You’ll design high‑throughput data abstractions, smart clients, and platform services that make distributed data reliable and easy to work with at multi‑petabyte, multi‑million‑QPS scale, with opportunities to go deep on distributed systems internals and contribute to the open‑source Cassandra ecosystem.

If you’re passionate about distributed systems, developer experience, and building foundational infrastructure at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

You must be located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, or the New York Metro Area for this hybrid position. You will report into the Engineering Manager on our Storage team within the Core Infrastructure Organization.

You’re excited about this opportunity because…

• Build and optimize distributed storage systems that improve data reliability, consistency, and performance.
• Own high‑leverage control‑plane services with clear customer impact, strong reliability requirements, and room for deep technical exploration.
• Develop and maintain data abstraction services tailored for high‑throughput, low‑latency workloads.
• Implement and refine caching strategies using Redis, Memcached, and similar technologies to enhance system efficiency.
• Collaborate with teams across infrastructure, platform, and application layers to ensure seamless data access and storage performance.
• Drive innovation in storage architecture by identifying and addressing scalability and efficiency challenges in distributed systems.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 2+ years of full‑time working experience in designing, building and maintaining scalable, distributed data infrastructure.
• You are proficient in Go or Java with deeper expertise in multi‑threading, distributed systems and databases.
• You have deep expertise in NoSQL databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB, or similar) and distributed caching systems (Redis, Memcached).
• You have built and optimized high‑scale data storage systems with a focus on reliability, availability, and performance.
• You have expertise in workflow/orchestration engines (Temporal/Cadence/Argo, job runners) and modeling long‑running, stateful workflows.
• You thrive in a fast‑paced, execution‑driven environment and have a proven track record of delivering impactful storage solutions.

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.

Benefits

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, medical, dental and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family‑forming assistance, and a mental‑health program, among others.

EEO Statement

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.

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.