Director of Engineering, Logistics

Job description

About the Team DoorDash is seeking a seasoned Engineering Director to lead our Logistics Org. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary organization of 100+ engineers (Backend, Mobile, Machine Learning, and Operations Research) to architect the intelligent, real-time systems that comprise the "brain" of our fulfillment engine. This organization builds the optimization engines and high-throughput AI platforms that guide millions of Dashers and deploy tens of millions of dollars in real-time. This team sits at the heart of DoorDash’s fulfillment ecosystem, powering the delivery and courier data that drives our logistics engine. We build the foundational models and workflows that enable our customer teams (Order, Shopping, and beyond) to build extensible solutions on top of the platform. About the Role: DoorDash is seeking a Director of Engineering with a deep background in Large-Scale Systems, Machine Learning, and Mathematical Optimization to lead our Logistics team in San Francisco. In this role, you are the architect of our three-sided marketplace. You will oversee the development of the core fulfillment platforms responsible for real-time dispatching, dynamic pricing task-allocation, ETAs...