Staff Software Engineer
$194k - $285k USD
About the Team
The Security Enablement Engineering (SEE) team builds the software platforms and automation systems that support DoorDash’s Security Engineering organization. Our mission is to scale security capabilities through reliable engineering solutions that integrate seamlessly across the company.
SEE focuses on developing internal services, APIs, and automation that power critical security functions such as access management, infrastructure, and global security engineering operations. By building reusable systems and standardized integrations, the team reduces manual work and improves how security capabilities are delivered across the organization.
SEE engineers collaborate closely with Security Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product Engineering teams to translate operational needs into scalable technical solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, and visibility across the security ecosystem.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Security Enablement Engineering team, you will architect and build scalable software solutions that simplify complex security workflows, integrate global security technologies, and improve operational efficiency for security teams. This includes designing microservices, building automation pipelines, and developing APIs that enable secure integrations across infrastructure, applications and safety systems.
In this role, you will guide technical direction, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while helping establish engineering standards that improve developer productivity and scalability across the security ecosystem.
This is a remote position based in the United States and reports to the Security Enablement Engineering Manager.
We’re excited about you because…
- 8+ years of experience as a software engineer in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or security engineering disciplines.
- Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems and microservices in large scale production environments.
- Strong experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, or automation systems that improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
- Highly skilled in backend development using programming languages such as Python.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and services in AWS, including infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor engineers.
- Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with experience investigating complex system issues and improving service reliability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building or operating security platforms or internal developer platforms that support multiple engineering teams.
- Experience developing automation frameworks or APIs that integrate enterprise security systems such as identity platforms, secrets management systems, or security telemetry pipelines.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, or similar systems to accelerate development and automate engineering workflows.
- Experience designing event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration systems, or large-scale automation pipelines.
We expect this position to be filled by 5/17/26.
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Compensation
The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes 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). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For 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).
The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$193,800—$285,000 USD
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re 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.
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