Software Engineer, DoorDash

Observability

$149.5-238k

Salary dependent on location

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Kafka

Redis

Kotlin

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Golang

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Local food delivery platform

Job no longer available

Local food delivery platform

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Job no longer available

$149.5-238k

Salary dependent on location

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Kafka

Redis

Kotlin

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Golang

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

To empower local economies by connecting food lovers with great local restaurants

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have at least 5 years experience as a backend software engineer
You have experience building and operating infrastructure at scale
You apply a product mindset to infrastructure systems and feel accomplished enabling others
You strive for design simplicity and consistency above all else
You solve problems using software to automate or prevent toil
You love data, and identifying patterns and correlations providing new insights is exciting to you

Desirable

Development using GoLang, Kotlin, and/or Python
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Service Mesh, Envoy
Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/PromQL, Grafana, Fluentbit
Data: Kafka, Clickhouse, SQL, Redis
Previous experience running a production service from a DevOps or SRE perspective

What the job involves

Plan and execute infrastructure projects that improve observability tools and platforms, including: metrics, logging, distributed tracing, dashboarding, alerting, application performance management
Developing and maintaining systems to enable our engineering colleagues to confidently run their services with high quality, and quickly understand and mitigate any technical issues
Partnering with our observability vendors to improve their products and align with our roadmap needs
Working with engineering colleagues to contribute to our observability strategy with a strong emphasis on open source libraries, data formats and query languages

Our take

DoorDash was an early entrant into the last-mile restaurant delivery business, which is now crowded with the likes of Uber Eats, Postmates and GrubHub. They offer restaurants an end-to-end delivery platform, generating new business and access to a network of delivery drivers.

To differentiate itself in the market, DoorDash focused on areas with fewer competitors and found success in this untapped market. Other factors, such as the company's targeting of restaurants which many not typically offer a delivery service, also contribute to its profitability. The company made its stock market debut in 2020 with one of the biggest IPOs of the year.

However, in light of increasing discontent around DoorDash's commission structure from restaurants, competition remains fierce. The business recently responded by publishing a transparent fee structure, but the number of options open to restaurants means DoorDash must fight to keep its customers loyal. Despite this, by focusing on consumer retention, logistics and technology, the company is likely able to maintain its existing growth and revenue.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

13% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)

Jun 2020

$400m

SERIES H

Nov 2019

$100m

SERIES G

Total funding: $2.5bn

Company benefits

Company stock options
Work from home stipend
Unlimited paid time off policy
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Mid-Market, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Tony Xu

(CEO)

Tony studied at UCB and worked as a Matrix Partners Associate while studying for an MBA at Stanford. He combined this experience to co-found DoorDash in January 2013, and has served as CEO since June 2013.

Stanley Tang

(CPO)

Previously studied Computer Science at Stanford, before working at Facebook as a Software Engineer.

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