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About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to define the technical direction and lead the evolution of our event streaming platform. This senior individual contributor role will act as a force multiplier, tackling complex architectural challenges, driving organizational technical strategy, and elevating engineering standards for those who build and operate streaming infrastructure. You will delve into the intricacies of modern streaming systems, making high-leverage decisions that will shape DoorDash's data streaming capabilities for years to come.

Responsibilities

Set the multi-year technical vision and architecture for DoorDash's event streaming platform, and drive alignment across Storage, SRE, Data Platform, and Product Engineering.
Lead large and ambiguous streaming initiatives from conception to completion, including re-architecting towards diskless, object-store-backed streaming to reduce costs and operational overhead.
Gain deep understanding of Kafka and modern streaming systems (WarpStream, AutoMQ, etc.) to solve organizational-level problems.
Own architectural decisions with company-wide impact, covering replication, consensus, storage design, multi-region topology, capacity, and cost efficiency.
Debug and resolve complex distributed systems issues in production, addressing correctness, performance, and reliability under critical constraints.
Improve technical standards through design reviews, mentorship of senior engineers, and by establishing best practices.
Collaborate with engineering leadership to shape roadmaps, make build-versus-buy decisions, and translate business needs into platform strategy.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
Proven track record of technical leadership across multiple teams or an organization.
Experience operating event streaming systems like Kafka at scale, with an understanding of their internals (log storage engine, ISR replication, metadata consensus, consumer/producer protocol, partitioning, rebalancing).
Strong engineering skills in Java, Go, or a similar language, with deep expertise in concurrency, distributed systems, and building reliable production infrastructure.
Experience leading high-impact, cross-team initiatives from ambiguous problems to successful outcomes.
Ability to influence technical direction across an organization without direct authority.
Strong fundamentals in Linux, networking, storage, and JVM-based systems, applied to performance and failure mode analysis.
Understanding of the trade-offs in object-store-backed streaming (latency vs. cost, network cost avoidance, compute/storage separation, metadata/caching design).
Clear communication skills to guide engineers, managers, and leaders through complex technical decisions.
Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Kafka
Event Streaming Systems
Distributed Systems
Java
Go
Concurrency
Linux
Networking
Storage
JVM
Object-store-backed streaming
WarpStream
AutoMQ
AI coding tools

Location

New York Metro Area

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Staff
Senior

Salary/Compensations

$193,800—$285,000 USD

Benefits

401(k) plan with employer matching
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Wellness benefits
Commuter benefits match
Paid time off
Paid sick leave
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
11 paid holidays
Disability insurance
Basic life insurance
Family-forming assistance
Mental health program

About the Company

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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.