Principal Software Engineer, Ads
Core
Technical leader for DoorDash Ads, setting architectural direction and driving long-term strategy for the advertising platform serving restaurant and CPG advertisers.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Ads Platform)
Builds
Full-funnel advertising system infrastructure for restaurants, retail, and grocery
Domain
Advertising technology / Marketplace
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems architecture, multi-year technical roadmap definition, cross-functional influence, hands-on coding, platform system scaling
Preferred skills
Experience in ads, commerce, or marketplace platforms, director-level scope operation
Technologies
(None explicitly listed)
Responsibilities
Provide architectural vision and direction across the full Ads stack, drive alignment across ML, Infrastructure, Product, and Data Science teams, define patterns and standards for large-scale distributed systems, solve complex distributed systems challenges by writing code
Seniority
Principal, organization-wide technical authority with director-level scope
