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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days DoorDash USA's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of DoorDash USA's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at DoorDash USA
- low 0 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
- 2026-09-17
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 Senior Security Data Engineer at DoorDash, you will be responsible for managing high-volume data pipelines across AWS and GCP, ensuring reliability and cost-effectiveness while supporting the security needs of the organization. Your role will involve coding, optimizing query performance, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security measures through automation and data management. You will also participate in on-call rotations and lead cross-functional projects, contributing to the overall mission of safeguarding the company's digital assets.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- 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
- 5+ years building and operating high-volume data pipelines in production at multi-terabyte-per-day scale, with tools like Kafka, Cribl, Dataflow, Kinesis, or CloudWatch
- 4+ years writing production software in Python, Go, Rust, or Java
- Deep hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, including infrastructure as code and ownership of CI/CD pipelines on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
- Strong SQL and data modeling in a columnar warehouse such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
- A track record owning reliability for a platform other engineers depend on, including on-call
- Experience building executive dashboards and engineering metrics that people actually act on
Nice to have
- Familiarity with an enterprise SIEM as an operator or a consumer (Google SecOps/Chronicle, Splunk, Elastic, CrowdStrike LogScale)
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and runtime security controls
- Any hands-on time with security telemetry sources, detections-as-code (YARA-L, Sigma, SPL), LLM-assisted workflows, penetration testing, red teaming, or triaging bug bounty reports
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 mention of the tech stack beyond AWS and GCP, which may imply reliance on legacy systems or tools not mentioned
- Participation in on-call rotation may indicate potential for high-pressure situations
- The role involves significant collaboration across teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
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Listed by DoorDash USA on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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