Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer on the Spark Platform team at DoorDash, you will lead the technical direction for the in-house Spark deployment, focusing on distributed systems challenges like shuffle architecture and multi-tenant scheduling. Your role involves collaborating with the Engineering Manager on the technical roadmap and mentoring team members while representing the Spark Platform in cross-team architecture discussions.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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
- 6+ years of industry experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale
- Deep, hands-on experience with Apache Spark at platform scale
- Production experience with remote/external shuffle systems or batch/big-data schedulers
- Strong fluency operating workloads on Kubernetes in production
- Familiarity with data lake table formats such as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake
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 requires presence in specific locations (San Francisco, Seattle, Sunnyvale, or New York) for a hybrid position
- Focus on platform operations rather than authoring individual Spark jobs may limit exposure to broader software engineering practices
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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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