Engineering Manager, Ads Consumer

About the Team

Ads is one of the core features of the Door Dash business which helps our customers access and discover the most quality and affordable selection for their needs. The Ads Consumer Experience team plays a crucial role within the Ads organization and is responsible for building mobile and backend components that provide enhanced customization capabilities to optimize the experience for our customers when interacting with Ads on our mobile and web applications.

Our mission is to build a useful and delightful consumer experience for discovering local stores and their product offerings through ads.

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, reliable, and robust solutions that meet our high standards of system reliability, 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.

• 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

• 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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Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

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