Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search
Core
Lead the technical strategy and architectural direction for DoorDash's search stack, powering indexing, retrieval, ranking, and agentic commerce experiences for millions of customers.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Search Tech Lead)
Builds
Core search infrastructure including indexing pipelines, embedding-based retrieval, and ML ranker serving
Domain
Food delivery / Search infrastructure / Distributed systems / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems, data pipelines, search infrastructure (indexing/serving), ML systems, embedding-based retrieval, multi-stage ranking, AI coding tools, technical roadmap ownership, cross-functional influence
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None explicitly listed (mentions concepts like embedding-based retrieval, ML ranker)
Responsibilities
Define multi-year technical roadmap for search stack, architect rebuild of core search infrastructure, drive alignment across ML/Infrastructure/Product teams, mentor staff engineers, solve complex distributed systems challenges
Seniority
Senior Staff, org-wide technical authority
