Staff Software Engineer

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company focused on empowering local economies. The Staff Software Engineer will architect and build scalable software solutions for the Security Enablement Engineering team, simplifying complex security workflows and improving operational efficiency for security teams.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build scalable software solutions that simplify complex security workflows, integrate global security technologies, and improve operational efficiency for security teams
• Design microservices, build automation pipelines, and develop APIs that enable secure integrations across infrastructure, applications, and safety systems
• Guide technical direction, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while helping establish engineering standards that improve developer productivity and scalability across the security ecosystem

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or security engineering disciplines
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems and microservices in large scale production environments
• Strong experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, or automation systems that improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency
• Highly skilled in backend development using programming languages such as Python
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and services in AWS, including infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor engineers
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with experience investigating complex system issues and improving service reliability
• Experience building or operating security platforms or internal developer platforms that support multiple engineering teams
• Experience developing automation frameworks or APIs that integrate enterprise security systems such as identity platforms, secrets management systems, or security telemetry pipelines
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, or similar systems to accelerate development and automate engineering workflows
• Experience designing event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration systems, or large-scale automation pipelines