Senior Software Engineer, Backend, All Teams (San Francisco)

DoorDash connects customers with local businesses for delivery, from restaurants to grocery, retail and its own DashMart stores. DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to join our fast-growing engineering team to help us develop a 24x7, global infrastructure system that powers DoorDash’s three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and dashers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, release and run large-scale web applications
• Develop and define the backend architecture and tech stack for a product area
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security for our backend systems
• Be involved in transitioning our monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture
• Completely disrupt logistics by tackling bleeding-edge, technical problems

Requirements

• In Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of industry experience
• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks
• Proficiency in using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) in the full software development lifecycle, including designing
• Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
• Experience with service oriented architecture, writing REST API’s, unit testing, and architectural design

Location and schedule

• Onsite in San Francisco, California
• This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager

Salary and benefits

US base salary $159,800 to $235,000 a year. DoorDash also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.