Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

About The Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expanding our Engineering offices globally! We are looking for Backend Engineers to build and maintain a large scale 24x7 global infrastructure system that powers DoorDash's 3-sided marketplace of Consumers, Merchants and Dashers.

We’re looking for Backend Engineers to work on both Product and Product Platform based teams. Product focused Engineers work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to solve key business problems with elegant technical solutions. You'll operate our backend services and architecture that support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture -- collaborating cross-functionally, as well as evaluating and executing on trade-offs to maximize business impact for the company. This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager. You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will… • 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 We're Excited About You Because You Have… • B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent • Prior experience (2+ years industry 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, generating code, testing, monitoring and releasing software • 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 • Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST) • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ) Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provide Covey with