Senior Applications Engineer

About the position

The DoorDash People Application team is looking for a Full Stack Engineer with demonstrated experience and knowledge in application development for talent acquisition and employee experiences. You will interact directly with senior leaders and cross-functional partners across DoorDash to understand requirements, design, build end-to-end solutions, and maintain the supporting services for our applications across diverse technical areas for various people functions, all in sync with our people goals. This will be a hybrid role and you will report to the Sr Manager of People Applications.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and applications to support our various people strategy
• Work closely with business partners to understand business strategies while aligning product outcomes to create exceptional experiences using various technology
• Partner with Product Managers, Analysts, Data Engineers, and other Application Engineers to collaborate on exciting projects
• Leverage technical and business knowledge to identify opportunities for improvements
• Support troubleshooting, configuration, testing, and deployment of applications to meet requirements, timelines, and execution standards
• Train end-users and peers on new processes and functionality as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development, ideally in HR-related applications
• Proficiency using common programming languages such as Java, Python, or Kotlin
• Knowledge of frontend technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, React
• Experience with databases such as Postgres, MYSQL, Cassandra and Scripting knowledge on SQL/PLSQL, with the ability to write complex queries and optimize database performance
• Strong foundation in computer science and engineering: algorithms, data structures, programming, databases, design patterns, virtualization, etc.
• Experience in building large-scale microservices and applications using cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, security, and stability of system resources
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to collaborate with remote team members across time zones
• Outcomes-oriented, always evaluating whether our solution or team's activities are achieving the desired, measurable impact, and continuously iterating to ensure the best solution
• An owner, always looking for opportunities to learn and better your work product
• Comfortable and thrive in a fast-paced, continually changing team-oriented environment and able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
• Located in either San Francisco or Seattle, US

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Commuter benefit match
• Mental health program