Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform (Tier-0)

DoorDash

Seattle (WA)

Hybrid

USD 194,000 - 285,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants
401(k) plan with employer matching
Paid parental leave
Wellness benefits
Commuter benefits
Paid time off
Paid sick leave
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision benefits
Holidays
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash seeks a Staff Software Engineer to own the storage abstraction platform, a Tier 0 data-access layer powering dashboards across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo. You will set architecture, drive reliability and performance, and mentor engineers in a high-scale data-store environment.

Join a hybrid role located in major US hubs; lead end-to-end platform lifecycle and shape the future of distributed storage at scale.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems with Tier 0 storage/data-plane experience.
  • Experience with storage abstraction layers or data-access gateways that decouple apps from databases.
  • Expertise in low-latency, high-throughput systems and tail-latency optimization.
  • Strong Go experience in production distributed systems.
  • Deep grasp of storage internals: MVCC, GC/compaction, consistency, replication, CDC.
  • Proven ownership of Tier 0 / mission-critical services with on-call leadership.
  • Staff-level technical leadership with cross-team direction.
  • Kubernetes and cloud-native infra; strong observability.
  • Proficiency in using AI coding tools in the full software lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Own the reliability, performance, and correctness of the storage abstraction platform at scale, leading mission-critical issue resolution in high-pressure situations.
  • Set technical direction for the platform — storage abstraction and data-access layer, caching, and routing; own architecture and long-term approach.
  • Work deep in the data plane — proxy, KV, CDC, and routing for a Tier 0 system with latency and load challenges.
  • Shape the client surface — providers, code generation, and SDKs connecting apps to the platform.
  • Mentor senior engineers, raise execution quality, and influence roadmaps beyond the team.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of platform lifecycle from onboarding to adoption and impact expansion.

Skills

Go
Kubernetes
Cloud-native infra
Observability
Low-latency systems
Distributed systems
AI coding tools

Tools

DynamoDB
RocksDB
ZippyDB

Job description

DoorDash seeks a Staff Software Engineer to own the storage abstraction platform, a Tier 0 data-access layer powering dashboards across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo. You will set architecture, drive reliability and performance, and mentor engineers in a high-scale data-store environment.

Join a hybrid role located in major US hubs; lead end-to-end platform lifecycle and shape the future of distributed storage at scale.

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