Senior Staff Engineer, Developer Platform

About the Team The Developer Platform organization at DoorDash builds the tools, services and frameworks that empower our engineers to build, ship, and launch new products. We drive eng-wide excellence across our three engineering pillars: Quality, Velocity, and Efficiency. About the Role We’re hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to serve as the technical leader for our Backend Developer Experience group. This group spans monorepo management, IDE tools, build and test systems, CI, frameworks/SDKs, and core platform services. In this hands-on role, you will define the technical vision and drive execution across a wide range of developer productivity products, impacting every engineering team at DoorDash. You’ll partner closely with engineers, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to design and operate systems that support platform reliability, development velocity, and operational efficiency. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong cross-functional influence, and a passion for building excellent products which empower teams. You will mentor engineers, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with other leaders to align our platform investments with engineering goals. You’ll work closely with your customers (your fellow engineers) and help identify and resolve their immediate pain points, while also anticipating future needs so the team can deliver solutions proactively. You must be located in the following locations for this opportunity: San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, New York. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Develop and maintain foundational components to enable all DoorDash Engineers to excel at backend engineering. Collaborate with engineering leadership to drive long-term architectural direction and influence company-wide strategy Design deliver AI-powered solutions which augment the developer experience. Champion data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the team Guide the organization through large degrees of ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade-off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams Demonstrate customer obsession by regularly engaging with and surveying engineers to understand their use cases and pain points. Mentor engineers in their career as well as help define our engineering culture and best practices We’re excited about you because you have… 10+ years of hands-on software development, and expert proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Go 5+ years designing and operating distributed systems and platform components at scale Proven expertise in CI/CD orchestration, build systems, frameworks, or platform development A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem-solving, and deep technical expertise A deep understanding of how to build quality software and know how to balance this with delivering value to your customers. Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable impact Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities. Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023, and resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024. The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: Covey Compensation The successful candida ... (truncated, view full listing at source)