About the Team

The Core Infrastructure team is committed to building and operating reliable, scalable, and repeatable infrastructure that empowers DoorDash engineers to deliver software quickly and reliably. Within this team, the Cloud Infrastructure & Platform team plays a crucial role in developing our internal self-serve infrastructure platforms.

Our platforms support a wide range of functionalities, including service creation, configuration management, runtime operations, secrets management, identity and access management, and various cloud primitives such as object storage. We work closely with product and infrastructure teams to ensure our services are deployable and operable at scale, continually enhancing the capabilities of our self-serve platforms. Additionally, we oversee Cloud Governance for all production environments, ensuring adherence to best practices and compliance standards.

About the Role

We are seeking a Software Engineer for our Cloud Infrastructure and Platforms team. In this role, you will be instrumental in advancing our self-serve platform by integrating cloud services tailored to DoorDash's unique needs. You will collaborate with our core platform and infrastructure teams to create intuitive abstractions for the broader engineering organization.

Your primary focus will be on refining these abstractions to enhance engineering velocity, reliability, and efficiency, making our platform the go-to entry point for all service-related needs. You will work closely with product teams to continuously improve the user experience and prioritize new features for the platform. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of the Cloud Infrastructure and Platform team within our Core Infrastructure group.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Develop Self-Serve Platforms: Collaborate with stakeholders to design and develop a state-of-the-art self-serve platform using Go, enhancing velocity, reliability, and efficiency for the entire engineering organization. Enhance User Experience: Build a solid frontend experience for our self-serve platforms, making it intuitive and efficient for engineers to interact with. Optimize Engineering Workflows: Identify and resolve bottlenecks and leaky abstractions to continuously improve engineering velocity and reduce cognitive overhead Address Identity and Access Complexities: Solve identity and access challenges for both users and services. Internally, we call this Access Platform. Drive Cloud Governance Initiatives: Lead efforts to establish robust Cloud Governance in our production environments, ensuring adherence to security, cost, and infrastructure best practices while serving as a cloud services expert. Make a massive impact: The team has a direct impact on the businesses ability to bring products to market quickly and ensure they conform to all our best practices. It doesn’t get more impactful than that We’re excited about you because… Proven Experience: You have 2+ years of experience in an infrastructure, platform, or full-stack role, demonstrating your ability to contribute effectively to complex projects. Backend Development Skills: You have experience in backend development with Go, enabling you to build robust and efficient systems. Frontend Proficiency: You are proficient in TypeScript or JavaScript, with experience in React.js being a plus, allowing you to contribute to building intuitive user interfaces. Cloud Expertise: You have experience managing cloud resources, particularly with AWS, and are familiar with security and infrastructure best practices. You should be comfortable with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform or Pulumi as there is still a bit of that. Containerization and Orchestration: You have hands-on experience with Kubernetes or Docker, allowing you to manage containerized applications effectively. Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.  Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others. 

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington. $119,100—$175,100 USDAbout DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

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