DoorDash · 23 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $285K/yr
8+ years expDoorDash is on a mission to build a reliable, fast, and scalable search platform. In this role, you’ll lead the technical direction and design of distributed systems for search indexing, retrieval, and ranking, while mentoring a team and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
AppsDeliveryE-Commerce PlatformsFood DeliveryOnline Portals
Responsibilities
Lead the vision - Help define the technical direction, contribute to the long-term technical roadmap, and support strategic initiatives in the search platform
Build for scale, reliability, and efficiency - Lead design and implementation of critical components to evolve the platform to ensure scalable, efficient, low-latency search and retrieval across a large corpus of data
Improve developer velocity - Drive innovations that reduce time-to-production
Deliver and inspire high-quality work - Deliver production-ready code and services end-to-end, including performance tuning, and raise the quality bar through code and design reviews
Collaborate across the Company - Work closely with the Infrastructure, Product, and AI teams across the company to tailor the platform for their specific needs while maintaining a core set of robust, reusable components
Mentor & Lead - Guide a growing team of engineers. Champion best practices, set coding standards, and conduct design reviews
Qualification
Required
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
8+ years of industry experience
Passion for reliability & performance - you've built and operated large-scale low-latency distributed systems with high availability, and you understand cost vs. performance trade-offs
Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals, system design, and experience with programming languages like Java, C++
Track record of technical leadership - you excel at collaboration, driving high-impact, technically complex projects end-to-end in fast-paced environments, and mentoring other engineers
Demonstrated expertise in Information Retrieval, including areas like query serving, indexing, and ranking
Benefits
401(k) plan with employer matching
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Wellness benefits
Commuter benefits match
Paid time off
Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
11 paid holidays
Disability and basic life insurance
Family-forming assistance
Mental health program
Company
DoorDash
DoorDash is a food delivery platform that connects customers with local and national businesses. It is a sub-organization of DoorDash.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.22BKey Investors
Durable Capital PartnersT. Rowe PriceDarsana Capital Partners
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2020-12-09IPO
2020-06-11Series H· $400M
Leadership Team
Tony Xu
CEO and Co-founder
Stanley Tang
Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer
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