Engineering Manager, Ads Promo Products

The Ads Promos organization is a key pillar of DoorDash's business, enabling customers to discover quality, affordable options through tailored incentives. Within this space, the Promo Products team supports the systems that power promotional experiences across our consumer and merchant surfaces. We build the backend services and frontend interfaces that enable rich customization and optimization of campaigns - helping merchants reach the right audiences, and consumers discover great local stores and deals. Our mission is to create a seamless, effective, and delightful experience for launching promotions and driving engagement across DoorDash's mobile and web apps.

About the Role
As the Engineering Manager, you will oversee a talented group of engineers from different skill sets, backend, mobile, web and full-stack, collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and sales partners. Your primary responsibility will be driving the successful execution of our product roadmap, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet both customer needs and business objectives. You will be a key player in fostering a collaborative and cross-functional work environment, promoting effective communication and synergy amongst team members. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills who can balance technical excellence with business priorities.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
Drive strategic impact across the organization, playing a key role in shaping the direction of our product development and influencing the company's overall success
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define the roadmap and vision for the team and deliver immense impact
Lead an outstanding team by coaching engineers, empowering engineers through delegation, and applying your technical expertise to hold your team to the highest engineering standards
Inspire the team with your technical vision and create the alignment necessary to execute on it
Scale the team by recruiting, retaining, and developing highly talented engineers across different disciplines
We're excited about you because you have…
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
You have 7+ years of industry experience, including minimum of 2 years of management experience
You have experience managing product engineering teams with Backend, Frontend Engineers, and mobile engineers.
You bring in strong product sense and can be a thought partner with cross-functional peers
You have hands-on experience working with non-technical stakeholders, cross-team collaboration, and building scalable products in a fast-paced environment
You have the ability to handle ambiguity and work with product and business partners to collect non-technical requirements to design and build scalable experience solutions.
You have the ability to guide and grow an excellent engineering team in a rapidly changing business environment

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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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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.

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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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