Principle Software Engineer - Ads

3 hours, 32 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
DoorDash

DoorDash

DoorDash empowers small business owners by providing an affordable and convenient platform for local delivery services, primarily focusing on restaurant food delivery.

Air Freight & Logistics
10K-50K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Serve as the technical leader for the Ads platform organization and provide architectural direction across the full ads stack.
  • Define long-term technical strategy and multi-year roadmaps for systems supporting the advertising business.
  • Drive alignment across Machine Learning, Infrastructure, Product, Data Science, and engineering stakeholders.
  • Mentor engineers across the Ads organization to raise technical excellence and systems thinking.
  • Define patterns, principles, and standards for designing, shipping, and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Solve complex distributed systems problems in ads and contribute code on critical technical challenges.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to scale foundational systems and deliver high-impact platform outcomes.
  • Influence organizational priorities and shape the engineering culture across the Ads org.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of industry experience leading large-scale, high-impact platform initiatives across multiple teams and systems.
  • Proven ability to define and drive multi-year technical roadmaps as an organization-level technical lead.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems at scale, including real-time serving infrastructure, high-throughput data pipelines, and low-latency systems under strict SLA requirements.
  • Meaningful experience in ads infrastructure or an adjacent domain.
  • Ability to operate at director-level scope while remaining deeply hands-on.
  • Strong technical intuition with cross-functional influence and alignment skills.
  • Humility and a growth mindset, with a collaborative leadership style.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $268,600 to $395,000 USD.
  • Opportunities for equity grants.
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 11 paid holidays plus paid time off and paid sick leave.
  • Wellness benefits, including a mental health program and wellness expense reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefits match, disability and basic life insurance, and family-forming assistance.

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