Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering
DoorDashSenior Software Engineer, Data Engineering
DoorDashLocation
San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
$143,800 - $211,500 per year
Job description
The Senior Data Engineer role at DoorDash is focused on scaling the data infrastructure and automation to support growing business needs. The Data Engineering team is essential for building database solutions that facilitate reporting, product analytics, and marketing optimization. This hybrid position requires the candidate to be located in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, or Seattle. The successful candidate will work closely with business partners and engineering teams to ensure high-quality data management and support other engineers in the team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a similar role.
- 3+ years of experience working with ETL orchestration and workflow management tools like Airflow, Flink, Oozie, and Azkaban using AWS/GCP.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java.
- Expertise in database fundamentals, SQL, and distributed computing.
- 3+ years of experience with distributed data ecosystems like Spark, Hive, Druid, or Presto and streaming technologies such as Kafka or Flink.
- Experience with Snowflake, Redshift, PostgreSQL, or other DBMS platforms.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with both technical and non-technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Work with business partners and stakeholders to understand data requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering, product teams, and third 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 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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Doordash Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
92
FY2026
Approval rate
97.5%
FY2026
LCA certified
140
FY2026
Entry-level share
20.7%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+1%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-74%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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