Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Ads Economics at DoorDash

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

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of ML solutions for key Ads Economics areas such as Auction, budget pacing, bidding optimization, and forecasting.
• Partner closely with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to design experiments, model frameworks, and production ML systems that directly impact advertiser ROI and marketplace efficiency.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers and cross-functional partners — leading through influence, not management.
• Build and deploy 0→1 ML systems that improve ad delivery outcomes and marketplace health.
• Set best practices for model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Act as a technical thought leader for Ads ML — influencing roadmap, experimentation design, and overall Ads system evolution.

Required Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of industry experience building production-scale ML systems.
• Expertise in at least one of: auction design, pacing, bidding optimization, or forecasting.
• Strong understanding of probability theory, statistics, and machine learning fundamentals.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive complex technical projects end-to-end.
• Excellent communication skills — able to explain technical concepts to product, business, and engineering audiences.

Key Skills

• Building production-scale ML systems
• Auction design, pacing, bidding optimization, or forecasting
• Probability theory, statistics, and machine learning fundamentals
• Leading cross-functional initiatives
• Communication skills
• Technical mentorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Ads or marketplace systems is a plus

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

$1,37,100 - $2,99,300 USD annually

Job Summary

About the Team

The mission of the Ads Economics team is to ensure we maintain a healthy ads marketplace across all our verticals for both search (query context) and discovery experiences while fulfilling the requirements of all players in this marketplace.

Ads Economics is a critical part of the Ads Delivery funnel with a broad charter responsible for Bidding, Auction Design, Budget Pacing, Forecasting, and Ads Experimentation. Our work directly shapes advertiser experience, consumer experience, and marketplace balance. We leverage artificial intelligence and advanced ML, deep learning techniques to power decision-making in real time — from optimizing ad auctions to generating the most efficient bids and pacing budgets dynamically. These models sit at the heart of DoorDash’s ad d...

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