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DoorDash USA

Staff Software Engineer, Event Streaming Systems

DoorDash USA · New York, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA

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

The Staff Software Engineer for Event Streaming Systems will lead the technical direction and evolution of DoorDash's event streaming platform, which supports critical workflows across the organization. This role involves deep engagement with modern streaming systems, particularly Kafka, and requires solving complex architectural challenges while collaborating with multiple teams. The engineer will also mentor others and influence technical strategy across the organization.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
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

  • 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
  • Experience operating event streaming systems such as Kafka at scale
  • Strong engineering skills in Java, Go, or a similar language with expertise in concurrency and distributed systems
  • Experience leading high-impact, cross-team initiatives
  • Strong fundamentals in Linux, networking, storage, and JVM-based systems
  • Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly

Nice to have

  • Experience with the internals of object-store-backed or diskless streaming architectures such as WarpStream or AutoMQ
  • Contributions to Kafka or related open-source distributed systems
  • Experience with broker and JVM tuning, partition management, or Cruise Control at large scale
  • Experience designing multi-region streaming platforms
  • Experience leading migrations of Tier-0 infrastructure with zero customer-visible impact

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 figure provided, only a range based on location and experience
  • The role requires deep technical expertise and leadership in a highly complex and critical area of infrastructure
  • The position is hybrid and requires location in the New York Metro Area
  • The job involves significant responsibility with company-wide impact, which may lead to high pressure

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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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