[Hiring] Staff Backend Engineer @DoorDash Canada

Role Description

We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our team. As a Staff Engineer, you are a technical leader and trusted advisor — you set the engineering excellence bar, own ambiguous cross-functional problems, and shape the roadmap for your domain. You will be the technical visionary leading our transition into high-level autonomy. You will drive the architecture and strategy for our notification experience at massive scale, while making every notification smarter, more timely, and more relevant for millions of customers.

This role requires a deep understanding of distributed systems, AI fluency, and a product-minded approach to technical leadership. You will be responsible for building a system that balances immediate conversion value against long-term reachability costs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with clear, demonstrated Staff-level impact.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (Go, Java, Python, C++, Kotlin or similar).
• Deep experience designing and scaling distributed systems that handle a massive volume of events per day.
• Ability to operate at multiple altitudes: from long-horizon technical strategy down to precise system design.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to drive alignment across engineering, product, and leadership.
• AI-Fluent with deep experience applying AI in software development.
• Product-Minded with a focus on business impact.

Requirements

• Define and own the multi-quarter technical strategy for notification hub and experience team.
• Architect the notification system and experience, moving from campaign-centric notification to an integrated personalized system.
• Make high-quality architectural decisions across relevance, latency, and system complexity.
• Raise the engineering excellence bar for the Notification Hub & Experience team.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate intelligence and evolve the system over time.
• Build and ship notification system at massive scale with smart and personalized experience.
• Identify opportunities in notification system and lifecycle to drive larger business impact.
• Prototype quickly to explore new ideas, while knowing when to invest in more durable systems.
• Stay current with emerging AI tools, models, and harness, and bring them into the team.
• Translate product goals into clear technical approaches and measurable outcomes.
• Own the impact of your work, including engagement and user experience metrics.
• Partner with product, design, data science, and infrastructure teams to shape strategy.
• Lead project coordination across engineers and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Marketing to help align notification strategies.
• Eliminate single points of failure through proactive documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Mentor and grow E4/E5 engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and direct coaching.
• Own end-to-end reliability of notification delivery; drive SLA improvements and reduce latency.
• Champion observability, operational hygiene, and developer productivity improvements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, paid parental leave, and wellness benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for full-time employees.
• Disability and basic life insurance.
• RRSP including an employer match.
• Mental health program and other benefits.