Engineering Manager

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our People Apps & Automation team, building the internal applications and automation that power the employee experience across DoorDash and Wolt. This team develops the platforms behind employee lifecycle processes, HR systems, self-service experiences, and business automation used by thousands of employees globally. As Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of talented software engineers while driving technical strategy, delivering high-impact initiatives, and partnering closely with stakeholders across Engineering, IT, HR, and Product. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on how internal technology enables the business to scale while helping shape the next generation of AI-powered employee experiences. What you'll be doing - Lead, coach, and grow a team of software engineers across multiple locations. - Own the technical direction and delivery of internal applications that improve the employee experience. - Partner with Product, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to understand priorities and translate them into scalable technical solutions. - Drive architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and continuous improvements across the team's codebase and development processes. - Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from planning through successful delivery. - Balance delivery, technical quality, and long-term platform strategy. - Help modernize and consolidate internal platforms as DoorDash and Wolt continue integrating systems. - Foster an AI-first engineering culture by adopting AI-assisted development tools and identifying opportunities to embed AI into internal applications and automation. - Create an environment where engineers can grow, collaborate, and do their best work while delivering meaningful business impact. Our humble expectations - Bring significant software engineering experience, ideally 8+ years building scalable production systems. - Have previous experience leading and developing high-performing engineering teams. - Be comfortable balancing technical leadership with people leadership. - Have strong full-stack development experience using technologies such as React, Node.js, and Python. - Bring experience designing scalable software architectures and cloud-native applications on AWS. - Have a track record of successfully delivering large cross-functional engineering initiatives. - Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve alongside business needs. - Be passionate about leveraging AI to improve software development, engineering productivity, and internal products. - A collaborative, pragmatic, and ownership-driven mindset. Next steps All applications are reviewed by a real human, so please be patient. Qualified candidates will have the opportunity to speak with a member of our recruiting team before moving on to meet the hiring manager. This is a highly technical leadership role. The interview process includes a live coding and architecture interview, followed by conversations focused on engineering leadership, operational delivery, cross-functional collaboration, and DoorDash's leadership principles. You'll also meet future peers and business partners to learn more about the team and how we work together.