Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering

About the position

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 pipelines, data structures, and data warehouse architectures; this team serves as the foundation for decision-making at DoorDash.

Responsibilities

• Work with business partners and stakeholders to understand data requirements
• Work with engineering, product teams and 3rd parties to collect required data
• Design, develop and implement large scale, high volume, high performance data models and pipelines for Data Lake and Data Warehouse
• Develop and implement data quality checks, conduct QA and implement monitoring routines
• Improve the reliability and scalability of our ETL processes
• Manage a portfolio of data products that deliver high-quality, trustworthy data
• Help onboard and support other engineers as they join the team

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience
• 3+ years experience working in data engineering, business intelligence, or a similar role
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/Java
• 3+ years of experience in ETL orchestration and workflow management tools like Airflow, Flink, Oozie and Azkaban using AWS/GCP
• Expert in Database fundamentals, SQL and distributed computing
• 3+ years of experience with the Distributed data/similar ecosystem (Spark, Hive, Druid, Presto) and streaming technologies such as Kafka/Flink
• Experience working with Snowflake, Redshift, PostgreSQL and/or other DBMS platforms
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with technical and non-technical teams
• Knowledge of reporting tools such as Tableau, Superset and Looker
• Comfortable working in fast paced environment, self starter and self organizing
• Ability to think strategically, analyze and interpret market and consumer information

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Commuter benefit match
• Mental health program