Doordash San Francisco , CA 94118
Posted 1 week ago
About the Team
DoorDash is a data driven organization and relies on timely, accurate and reliable data to drive many business and product decisions. Data is at the foundation of DoorDash success. The Data Engineering team builds database solutions for various use cases including reporting, product analytics, marketing optimization and financial reporting. By implementing data structures and data warehouse architecture, this team serves as the foundation for decision-making at DoorDash. The focus extends to enhancing the developer experience by creating tools that support the organization's high-velocity demands.
To lead the growing team of Data engineers we are looking for managers who are passionate about Data and are thought leaders in coaching, guiding and leading teams to make Data a winning edge for DoorDash.
About the Role
DoorDash is looking for a Data Engineering Manager to guide the development of enterprise-scale data solutions. This manager will also act as a technical expert on all things related to data architecture to empower the greater community of data engineers, data scientists, and DoorDash partners. Your focus extends to fostering an engineering culture of excellence, empowering engineers to deliver reliable, flexible solutions at scale. Additionally, you'll play a pivotal role in building and nurturing a top-performing team, driving innovation and success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
You are a people leader. You thrive in hiring, building, growing and nurturing impactful business focused data teams
You are a technology leader. You drive the technical and strategic vision for the embedded pods and foundational enablers to meet current and future needs for scale and interoperability
You strive for continuous improvement of data architecture and development process
You think of quick wins while planning for long term strategy and engineering excellence. You are excited about breaking down large systems into easy to use data assets and reusable components
You are excited about cross collaboration with stakeholders, external partners and peer data leaders
You are a planner and executioner. You know the tools to plan for short term and long term team and stakeholder success
You think of reliability and quality as must have
We're excited about you because you have…
B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
10+ years of experience working in data engineering or a related domain
2+ years of hands-on management experience
Experience hiring and growing teams
Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to operate in a fast moving environment
Experienced with performance management, coaching, mentoring and growing teams
Hands-on approach to closing gaps in data infrastructure and technical execution, able to code in SQL and Python
Prior experience with Snowflake/Redshift, AWS/GCP, Hadoop/Spark/Big data, Lambda/KAPPA architectures, Flink/Airflow
Prior experience with large scale batch/real time ETL orchestration
Prior experience in Systems Engineering - you've built meaningful big data processing systems at scale, and experience with big data compute engines such as Apache Spark and Apache Flink
Familiarity with Datalake solutions such as Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg
Familiarity with a cloud based environment such as AWS
Experience with these specific technologies is not required but helpful
Building systems directly powering online applications
Exposure to various databases such as CockroachDB, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL
Compensation
The location-specific base salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation in other geographies may vary.
Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, base salary is localized according to employee work location. Please discuss your intended work location with your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being, and that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package, for full-time employees, that includes healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.
In addition to base salary, the compensation package for this role also includes opportunities for equity grants.
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