Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform (Tier-0)

DoorDash; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 285,000; Full time

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.