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DoorDash USA

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.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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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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