What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager, Merchandising & New Verticals Discovery position at DoorDash USA?
About the Team
DoorDash is seeking an exceptional Engineering Manager to spearhead a dynamic team with two key focus areas: advancing our merchandising platform to address complex consumer needs and leveraging merchandising platform to simplify consumer discovery for non-restaurant cravings from spontaneous, need-it-now use cases to weekly grocery routines. This team operates at the intersection of product platform and product experience, driving innovation to solve some of the company’s top priorities.
About the Role
As the Engineering Manager, you will assume leadership of a versatile full-stack engineering team spanning mobile, web, and backend. Your responsibility extends beyond technical prowess as you will engage in close collaboration with key stakeholders in product development, strategy, operations, design, user research, and analytics. Your leadership will steer a dynamic, data-centric team, swiftly crafting an end-to-end Occasions user experience. This team will serve as the builder of customizable, personalized, and reusable user experiences on mobile and web apps.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- You will manage a full-stack team with iOS, Android, web, and backend engineers
- You will directly work with partners in product, strategy & operations, design, user research, and analytics across DoorDash to define the roadmap and vision for the team and deliver immense impact
- Build an outstanding team by coaching engineers, empowering engineers through delegation, and applying your technical expertise to hold your team to the highest engineering standards
- Scale the team by developing internal talents and attracting top talents
We’re excited about you because…
- You have a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
- You have 7 years of industry experience, including minimum of 2 years of management experience
- You have experience managing engineering disciplines across BE Android iOS Web
- You bring a strong product sense and can be a thought partner with cross-functional peers
- You have hands-on experience working with non-technical stakeholders, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable products in a fast-paced environment
- You have the ability to handle ambiguity and work with product and business partners to collect non-technical requirements to design and build scalable experience solutions.
- You have the ability to guide and grow an excellent engineering team in a rapidly changing business environment
Why You’ll Love Working at DoorDash
- We are leaders - Leadership is not limited to our management team. It’s something everyone at DoorDash embraces and embodies.
- We are doers - We believe the only way to predict the future is to build it. Creating solutions that will lead our company and our industry is what we do -- on every project, every day.
- We are learning - We’re not afraid to dig in and uncover the truth, even if it’s scary or inconvenient. Everyone here is continually learning on the job, no matter if we’ve been in a role for one year or one minute.
- We are all DoorDash - The magic of DoorDash is our people, together making our inspiring goals attainable and driving us to greater heights.
- You grow here faster than other places because we move and grow fast. You practice muscles like leading through chaos, ruthless prioritization, crisis management.
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