Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p><img style="display: none; max-width: 100%;" src="https://click.appcast.io/greenhouse-te8/a31.png?ent=34e=22630t=1701374353806" width="1px"> <img style="display: none; max-width: 100%;" src="https://track.jobadx.com/v1/i.gif?utm_pixel=224e990b-8ff4-4287-8d5d-2ff09647f181utm_ptz=ESTutm_rqt=track" alt="" width="1"></p></div><h1><strong>About the Team</strong></h1>
<p>DoorDash is looking for an Engineering Manager with a strong platform mindset to lead the <strong>Financial Data Platform</strong> team. The team’s mission is to build foundational systems that collect raw financial data from all DoorDash companies, and process it into a unified, integrated “single source of truth” data model. These systems sit at the intersection of all teams that are serving our three-sided marketplace (Consumers, Merchants, Dashers). </p>
<p>Key functions of this team include: </p>
<p>Data ingestion integration: Build SDKs and services that make it extremely easy to ingest and integrate data from all DoorDash products and services. </p>
<p>Data quality governance: Ensure that the data is complete, timely, and accurate. Build intelligent tools that automatically help validate, standardize, and regulate the data, and remediate errors while maintaining strict immutability guarantees. </p>
<p>Data storage: Provide a reliable and structured way to store the data, and make it easily accessible with appropriate data controls. </p>
<h1><strong>About the Role</strong></h1>
<p>As the Engineering Manager for the Financial Data Platform team, you will lead a talented and passionate team of software engineers focused on building and scaling big data systems and platform services that intelligently process billions of events per month. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of exceptional systems that are scalable, reliable, and unlock the best-in-class product and tech innovations. You’ll partner with PMs, data engineers, and senior leadership to define and execute a strategic roadmap that balances scalable platform development with cutting-edge tools.</p>
<h1><strong>You're excited about this opportunity because you will…</strong></h1>
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<li>Lead and grow a team of exceptional backend and full stack engineers delivering end-to-end engineering solutions</li>
<li>Be the technologist and system thinker who connects the dots between technology and the business and unlocks business opportunities through tech innovation</li>
<li>Collaborate with product managers, business leaders, and key stakeholders to determine the team's roadmap and vision, and manage execution against that roadmap</li>
<li>Provide architectural guidance and professional development for a team of 8+ </li>
<li>Encourage innovation, teamwork, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, and outside-of-the-box thinking </li>
<li>Oversee the hiring process for your team, in partnership with recruiting, to grow a diverse and inclusive team</li>
<li>Drive key business metrics</li>
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<h1><strong>We're excited about you because you have… </strong></h1>
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<li>BS, MS, or PhD. in Computer Science or related field</li>
<li>3+ years of experience in people management leading full-stack teams (backend web) of 8+ engineers</li>
<li>8+ years of industry experience</li>
<li>A customer-centric mindset and will apply that to building out platform services</li>
<li>Strong product sense and thought partnership with cross-functional peers</li>
<li>Experience with distributed system design, system scaling, and performance optimization</li>
<li>AI fluency and proven ability to find innovative applications of AI for financial data platform</li>
<li>Humility - willing to get into the details and open to feedback</li>
<li>Growth mindset – you're eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth setting</li>
<li>Adaptability, resiliency, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity – things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team ev ... (truncated, view full listing at source)