Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Consumer
Core
Setting the personalization strategy for the entire consumer shopping journey and modernizing the recommendation system leveraging AI to make search relevant and seamless.
Role type
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Strategy & Architecture)
Builds
Hyper-personalized consumer experiences across restaurant, grocery, retail, and all business at DoorDash
Domain
Local commerce / Agentic commerce / Recommendation Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, fine-tuning, LLM system optimization (fine-tuning, advanced prompting, JSON/tool-calling), AI coding tools, multi-quarter technical roadmap ownership, architectural decision making
Preferred skills
Leading through expertise and collaboration, humility, growth mindset
Technologies
LLMs, AI coding tools (Claude Code)
Responsibilities
Drive engineering vision, strategy, and execution for an organization of 150+; Grow, build, and nurture impactful business-focused product engineering teams; Mentor and guide a fast-growing organization in setting architectural patterns; Partner with Business, Product, and Engineering teams to transform DoorDash from local commerce to agentic commerce
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
