Engineering Manager, Traffic at DoorDash

DoorDash is revolutionizing food delivery and local commerce. Join our mission to grow and connect communities!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of experienced engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and ownership
• Champion data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the team
• Oversee the design and operation of scalable, reliable infrastructure, while proactively managing down technical debt
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to drive long-term architectural direction and influence company-wide strategy
• Guide the team through ambiguity, leveraging industry best practices while also knowing when to break the mold
• Communicate with clarity, whether explaining a trade-off to execs or mapping technical strategy across teams
• Drive alignment across teams and disciplines, leading high-impact cross-functional initiatives
• Stay current on the latest trends in cloud infrastructure, and bring back ideas worth pursuing
• Build, sustain, and grow a diverse team to address the growing needs of the organization

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on software development, including large-scale service mesh or networking systems
• 3+ years designing and operating cloud-native systems in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• 2+ years leading engineering teams
• Experience building or scaling L7/L4 routing, load balancing, or traffic policy systems
• A strong bias for action, pragmatic problem-solving, and deep technical expertise
• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable results
• Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

Key Skills

• Hands-on software development
• Designing and operating cloud-native systems
• Leading engineering teams
• Building or scaling L7/L4 routing, load balancing, or traffic policy systems
• Pragmatic problem-solving
• Technical expertise
• Leading cross-functional initiatives
• Discretion and independent judgment

DoorDash Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance

Salary Range

$1,93,800 - $2,85,000 USD annually

Job Summary

About the Team

The Traffic team owns the critical path between our customers and our services. We’re responsible for routing, ingress/egress, service discovery, and mesh infrastructure that enables secure, reliable, and observable communication across our systems. At our scale, milliseconds matter and resiliency is non-negotiable.

We build and operate foundational components like our Envoy-based service mesh, global load balancing, zero-trust networking, and network observability systems. We’re also driving strategic initiatives around multi-region routing, intelligent failover, and edge-to-mesh traffic optimization.

The challenges are complex, often cross-cutting, and require a mindset that blends systems thinking with pragmatic execution. If you enjoy working at the interse...

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