DoorDash · 1 day ago
Software Engineer, Backend Developer Experience
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$131K/yr - $192K/yr
2+ years expDoorDash is a technology and logistics company focused on empowering local economies. The Software Engineer on the Backend Developer Experience team will design and develop core systems and tooling to enhance the developer workflow and improve productivity for backend engineers.
AppsDeliveryE-Commerce PlatformsFood DeliveryOnline Portals
Responsibilities
Improve the developer workflow inside our monorepos through tooling, automation, and paved-path standards
Build and evolve the Bazel-based backend build ecosystem, including rules for Go, Python, and Kotlin
Develop and enhance DevContainer-based local and remote development environments that offer fast, consistent, and production-faithful developer workflows
Create and extend IDE plugins and tooling that streamline code navigation, build/test, and rapid feedback loops
Contribute to AI-native developer tooling, enabling intelligent workflows for code generation, testing, debugging, and knowledge retrieval
Design and build robust, scalable internal systems with engineering excellence and long-term maintainability in mind
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience engineering
Proficient in Go, Python, Kotlin, or other modern backend languages
Worked with build systems (e.g., Bazel, Gradle) or built developer tooling, frameworks, or platform components that improve developer productivity
Hands-on experience with large-scale monorepos and understand the challenges of operating in them
Familiar with Bazel, remote build execution, and build caching
Experience with DevContainers, IDE extensions, or other local development tooling
Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure
Background in building AI-assisted developer tools or integrating LLM-backed workflows
Motivated by making engineers' lives better across the stack by improving developer workflows, performance, and reliability, and enjoy eliminating toil and inefficiencies across the company
Benefits
401(k) plan with employer matching
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Wellness benefits
Commuter benefits match
Paid time off and 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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