Applications Engineer, Full Stack - People

About The Team

DoorDash’s ability to build the best products in the industry, enabling local commerce at global scale, depends on its ability to recruit, engage, grow, and retain the best talent in the industry. The People Applications team at DoorDash leverages state-of-the-art methods and technologies to develop products spanning from recruitment through termination. We're looking for a talented Application Engineer to join our team and work closely with the people team to drive key technology decisions and innovations within the People experience. Your contributions will help shape the future of our organization as we continue to push the boundaries of what is possible.

About The Role

The DoorDash People Application team is looking for a Full Stack Engineer with demonstrated experience and knowledge in application development for talent acquisition and employee experiences. You will interact directly with senior leaders and cross-functional partners across DoorDash to understand requirements, design, build end-to-end solutions, and maintain the supporting services for our applications across diverse technical areas for various people functions, all in sync with our people goals. This will be a hybrid role and you will report to the Senior Manager, Enterprise App Engineering.

• You will build tools and applications to support various people strategies
• You will work closely with business partners to understand business strategies while aligning product outcomes to create exceptional experiences using various technology
• You will partner with Product Managers, Analysts, Data Engineers, and other Application Engineers to collaborate on exciting projects
• You will leverage technical and business knowledge to identify opportunities for improvements
• You will support troubleshooting, configuration, testing, and deployment of applications to meet requirements, timelines, and execution standards
• You will train end-users and peers on new processes and functionality as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• 4+ years of industry experience in software development, ideally in HR-related applications
• Knowledge of frontend technologies such as JavaScript/Typescript (Node/Express), Python (FastAPI), HTML5, and CSS3, React
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, Vitest, Cypress, or Playwright for ensuring code quality and reliability
• Experience with databases such as Postgres, MYSQL, Cassandra and scripting knowledge on SQL/PLSQL, with the ability to write complex queries and optimize database performance
• Strong foundation in computer science and engineering: algorithms, data structures, programming, databases, design patterns, virtualization, etc.
• Experience in building large-scale microservices and applications using cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes is preferred
• Outcome-oriented, always evaluating whether our solution or team's activities are achieving the desired, measurable impact, and continuously iterating to ensure the best solution
• An owner, always looking for opportunities to learn and better your work product
• Comfortable and thrives in a fast-paced, continually changing team-oriented environment and able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously

What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefits package including a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

Paid Time Off Details

• Salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year
• Hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week)

Compensation

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado. $115,000—$169,000 USD

Statement of Non-Discrimination

We are committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.