Engineering Manager, Financial Data Platform

About the Team

DoorDash is looking for an Engineering Manager with a strong platform mindset to lead the Financial Data Platform team. The team’s mission is to build foundational systems that collect raw financial data from all DoorDash companies, and process it into a unified, integrated “single source of truth” data model. These systems sit at the intersection of all teams that are serving our three-sided marketplace (Consumers, Merchants, Dashers). 

Key functions of this team include: 

Data ingestion & integration: Build SDKs and services that make it extremely easy to ingest and integrate data from all DoorDash products and services. 

Data quality & governance: Ensure that the data is complete, timely, and accurate. Build intelligent tools that automatically help validate, standardize, and regulate the data, and remediate errors while maintaining strict immutability guarantees. 

Data storage: Provide a reliable and structured way to store the data, and make it easily accessible with appropriate data controls. 

About the Role

As the Engineering Manager for the Financial Data Platform team, you will lead a talented and passionate team of software engineers focused on building and scaling big data systems and platform services that intelligently process billions of events per month. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of exceptional systems that are scalable, reliable, and unlock the best-in-class product and tech innovations. You’ll partner with PMs, data engineers, and senior leadership to define and execute a strategic roadmap that balances scalable platform development with cutting-edge tools.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Lead and grow a team of exceptional backend and full stack engineers delivering end-to-end engineering solutions
• Be the technologist and system thinker who connects the dots between technology and the business and unlocks business opportunities through tech innovation
• Collaborate with product managers, business leaders, and key stakeholders to determine the team's roadmap and vision, and manage execution against that roadmap
• Provide architectural guidance and professional development for a team of 8+ 
• Encourage innovation, teamwork, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, and outside-of-the-box thinking 
• Oversee the hiring process for your team, in partnership with recruiting, to grow a diverse and inclusive team
• Drive key business metrics

We're excited about you because you have… 

• BS, MS, or PhD. in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience in people management leading full-stack teams (backend & web) of 8+ engineers
• 8+ years of industry experience
• A customer-centric mindset and will apply that to building out platform services
• Strong product sense and thought partnership with cross-functional peers
• Experience with distributed system design, system scaling, and performance optimization
• AI fluency and proven ability to find innovative applications of AI for financial data platform
• Humility - willing to get into the details and open to feedback
• Growth mindset – you're eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth setting
• Adaptability, resiliency, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity – things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve

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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 to all regular employees, which includes a 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). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

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

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$193,800—$285,000 USD

About 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.

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