Engineering Manager, Dasher Growth
DoorDash
About the Team
At DoorDash, our mission is to empower every potential Dasher (Dx) to discover and succeed on our platform as their go-to gig opportunity. The Dasher Growth team’s vision is to help Dashers reliably earn money with a seamless, delightful experience—from the moment they sign up to their ongoing engagement with the platform. Our north star is to grow and maintain the optimal Dasher fleet in every market at the lowest possible cost by improving product experiences for both new and existing Dashers. We drive fleet health through Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Resurrection, and Referral. The team owns critical product flows including new Dasher onboarding, login, referrals, and incentive/non-incentive strategies—ensuring the right supply of Dashers, at the right time and place, with optimal efficiency.
About the Role
As an Engineering Manager for the Dasher Growth team, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of frontend, backend, and mobile engineers building scalable growth and supply solutions. Your work will directly impact Dasher acquisition, engagement, and retention across the U.S. and international markets. You’ll set the technical vision, drive execution, and partner closely with cross-functional teams to shape product experiences that improve Dasher supply quality while minimizing cost.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Own core growth systems: Build and evolve login, onboarding, and referral systems to deliver smooth, secure, trustworthy and reliable experiences for Dashers.
- Drive global strategy: Define a platformization strategy for onboarding flows across countries to balance growth, user trust, and high-quality supply.
- Leverage data at scale: Partner with Data Science to make data-driven decisions that optimize acquisition, retention, and resurrection strategies with cost efficiency.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with Product, Operations, and other teams to ensure healthy Dasher supply aligned with business goals.
- Scale and inspire teams: Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and impact
We’re excited about you because…
- BS, M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or related field
- You have 2+ years of engineering leadership experience as an EM managing backend, mobile & ML engineers
- You have 7+ years of industry experience
- You’re an owner - driven, focused, and quick to take ownership of your work
- You are impact driven - you sign up for and drive high-business impact
- A strong hands-on technical leader and strong product sense
- Humble - you’re willing to get into the details and you’re open to feedback
- You have experience navigating ambiguous business problems and tackling high-scale technical challenges.
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Compensation
The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
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