Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer at DoorDash — 901 Market Floor 6, SF, CA 94105

About this role

What You’ll Achieve

Develop, release and run large-scale web applications

Develop and define the backend architecture and tech stack for a product area

Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security for our backend systems

Be involved in transitioning our monolithic codebase to a microservice-based architecture

Completely disrupt logistics by tackling bleeding-edge, technical problems

About You

High-energy and confident - you’ll do whatever it takes to win

You’re an owner - driven, focused, and quick to take ownership of your work

Humble - you’re willing to get into the details and you’re open to feedback

Adaptable, resilient, and able to thrive in ambiguity - things change quickly in our fast-paced startup and you’ll need to be able to keep up!

Growth-minded - you’re eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth setting

Desire for impact - ready to take on a lot of responsibility and work collaboratively with your team

Qualifications

B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent

5+ years of industry experience

Prior experience working with backend tech stacks

Able to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources

Experience with service orientated architecture, writing REST API’s, unit testing, and architectural design

Expertise in web technologies such as Rails/Django and JavaScript frameworks

Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST)

Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ)