Software Engineer, Spark Platform
DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Sunnyvale, CA; New York, NY
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days DoorDash USA's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of DoorDash USA's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at DoorDash USA
- high 456 stale, 8 reposted of 462 open
- Hiring momentum
- 682 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DoorDash USA's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DoorDash USA.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the Spark Platform team, you will work on the in-house Apache Spark deployment that supports DoorDash's data and machine learning workloads. Your responsibilities will include optimizing the Spark runtime, managing multi-tenant scheduling, automating cluster lifecycles, and enhancing observability and incident automation. You will collaborate closely with other engineers and platform consumers to tackle complex distributed system challenges.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DoorDash USA as an employer.
What you need
- B.S., M.S., or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2+ years of industry experience operating production distributed systems
- Experience operating Apache Spark at scale on Amazon EMR, Databricks, or an in-house deployment
- Hands-on experience operating production systems on Kubernetes
- Familiarity with batch or big-data schedulers
- Familiarity with observability stacks and defining SLOs and SLIs
What you get
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- wellness benefits
- commuter benefits match
- paid time off and paid sick leave
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
Worth weighing
- No specific salary figures provided, only ranges based on location and experience
- Role involves significant operational responsibilities, which may not appeal to those looking for a purely development-focused position
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Listed by DoorDash USA on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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