Senior Engineering Manager, Drive

About the position

DoorDash is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with strong product sense to oversee building out Drive – which is our fulfillment platform as a service. While many merchants have online presence these days through websites and mobile apps, their customers still want goods delivered to them. Drive allows them to tap into our fleet to help power the delivery experience. This highly cross functional organization will spend time scaling our existing food delivery vertical while at the same time experimenting with 0 → 1 initiatives to help unlock new merchant verticals and earnings opportunities for our drivers. The team’s charter spans mobile, backend and web components and involves problems like integrating with merchants and providers, developing our fulfillment APIs and capabilities, and improving our operational capabilities. The end goal is to do for last mile logistics what AWS did for cloud computing – enable any third-party business to plug into our platform and have their items delivered, on-demand, anywhere in their city.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow teams of exceptional engineers and managers delivering end-to-end engineering solutions
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business leaders, and key stakeholders to determine the team's roadmap and vision, and manage execution against that roadmap
• Find the right balance of leading from the front – and through others – for a team of 25+
• 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

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD. in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years of experience in people management leading full-stack teams (backend, web, & mobile) of 25+ engineers
• 10+ years of industry experience
• Extensive experience as an engineer in a fast-paced, product-focused development environment
• Experience with distributed system design, system scaling, and performance optimization
• Hands-on leadership and strong product intuition
• 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 ability to thrive in ambiguity - things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve

Benefits

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