Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering
Core
Architect and scale data reliability, infrastructure, automation, and tools to support reporting, product analytics, and financial reporting at DoorDash.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering
Builds
Data Lake, Data Warehouse, ingestion pipelines, ETLs, and reporting tools
Domain
Food delivery technology / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Python, Kotlin, Scala, SQL, ETL orchestration, Airflow, Spark, Presto, streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink), distributed computing, data reliability practices
Preferred skills
AI coding tools proficiency (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), technical leadership, strategic thinking
Technologies
Airflow, Spark, Presto, Kafka, Flink, SQL
Responsibilities
Own critical data systems supporting multiple products/teams; Design and implement large-scale, high-performance data models and pipelines; Improve reliability and scalability of data ecosystem services; Manage a portfolio of data products; Help onboard and support other engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
