Engineering Manager, People Applications

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · Washington, WA · 242 IT

Engineering Manager for People Applications at DoorDash, responsible for leading a team of full-stack engineers to build and scale HR applications. The role involves shaping technical direction, delivering features, and integrating AI tools/LLMs to enhance employee lifecycle processes and developer efficiency. Experience with Generative AI development, including prompt flows, agents, guardrails, and knowledge base optimization, is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of full stack engineers across multiple DoorDash locations including in US and Hungary
  2. Partner with the team to define architectural roadmap for the team.
  3. Oversee development of core People Application product experiences, including data pipelines, automation and integration with AI tools/LLMs.
  4. Work closely with product managers, UI/UX designer, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into impactful, user-first solutions.
  5. Establish best practices in development processes, testing, release management, and monitoring.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years of experience in people management leading full-stack teams of 5+ engineers
  • 7+ years of industry experience in software development, ideally in HR-related applications
  • Extensive experience as an engineer in a fast-paced, product-focused development environment
  • Experience with distributed system design, system scaling, and performance optimization including leveraging AI to improve velocity
  • Experience with Generative AI development and fine-tuning such as setting up prompt flows, agents, guardrails, and knowledge base optimization.
  • Hands-on leadership, strong business acumen and strong product intuition
  • Deep technical background with NodeJs/TypeScript, React, Python, containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to collaborate with remote team members across time zones

Nice to have

  • BS, or MS in Computer Science or related field
  • Willingness to learn - willing to get into the details and open to feedback
  • Adaptability, resiliency, and ability to thrive in ambiguity - things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve

What the JD emphasized

  • experience with Generative AI development and fine-tuning such as setting up prompt flows, agents, guardrails, and knowledge base optimization
  • leveraging AI to improve velocity
  • AI and automation to improve developer velocity and business outcomes

Other signals

  • AI/ML is core to the role
  • The role is building AI-powered features
  • The role is leveraging AI tools to improve developer velocity