Staff Security Engineer - Proactive Security (Remote)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Staff Security Engineer in Proactive Security to architect and drive security products across the Dasher ecosystem. This role operates within a forward deployed Pod model, focusing on application hardening, anti-reversing, and payment security for our global delivery network.

You will own the technical direction, collaborate with product, legal, and data teams, and mentor engineers while delivering secure by design AI products.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building security products at internet-scale
• Experience leading security engineering initiatives across B2C/B2B domains
• Strong background in application hardening, threat modeling and secure software development
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and raise engineering standards
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration with product, legal and data teams

Responsibilities

• Define technical direction and roadmap for proactive security products
• Collaborate with product engineering, legal, data, and other teams to embed security controls
• Lead vulnerability discovery, automated remediation and security reviews at scale
• Mentor junior engineers and drive operational excellence in security practices
• Communicate security strategy and roadmaps to execs and partners

Skills

Security product engineering

AI security

Java

Go

Technical leadership

Education

Master's degree in CS/Security

Job description

DoorDash is seeking a Staff Security Engineer in Proactive Security to architect and drive security products across the Dasher ecosystem. This role operates within a forward deployed Pod model, focusing on application hardening, anti-reversing, and payment security for our global delivery network.

You will own the technical direction, collaborate with product, legal, and data teams, and mentor engineers while delivering secure by design AI products.