Staff Security Engineer, Proactive Security

About the Role

Our Security Engineering team is looking for a Staff Security Engineer to lead threat modeling, hardening and operation of security services within DoorDash’s Product and Cloud Security domains. You will be a part of our inclusive, collaborative global team responsible for building “paved paths” to ensure a safe, reliable and resilient delivery network. This is a US or Canada remote position reporting directly to the Manager of our Security Engineering team.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Threat model, design, harden, and operationalize Product and Cloud Security services and controls at DoorDash scale.
• Define, document and implement security standards, guidelines and procedures to design and implement automated security controls and remediation tools with rigor and developer ergonomics.
• Partner cross-functionally with Core Infrastructure, Product Engineering, Legal, Security teams and Vendor Partners to build “paved paths” that provide actionable feedback to embed secure design practices into the product and infrastructure development process.
• Lead the technical direction and roadmap execution for your assigned area of ownership.
• Build and maintain high Operational Excellence (OE) to ensure we operate services with excellence, rigor and durable standards to ensure minimal downtime.
• Participate in on-call rotation and promptly respond to on-call events with urgency and rigor.
• Manage the lifecycle of product and cloud security vulnerabilities, from identification, triage, and drive remediation, reporting and metrics.
• Influence and enable the secure and responsible adoption of LLMs and AI tools.
• Mentor and coach earlier career engineers, setting high standards for Operational Excellence and Security Engineering.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 8+ years as a security engineer in product or infrastructure security, with deep hands-on AWS expertise across identity, IAM, SSO, and infrastructure hardening. You can point to specific projects you personally delivered at the service level (GCP experience is a plus).
• You write production-quality automation and tooling daily, with hands-on AI experimentation applied to cloud security problems.
• You're proficient in Python or other languages like Golang, and strong with IaC tooling like Terraform.
• You've driven foundational improvements to a company's infrastructure security posture and brought breadth across security and infrastructure in large production environments, including CI/CD pipelines for automated control enforcement.
• You have a deep understanding of OWASP Top 10, distributed systems security and design, and can analyze code, architecture, and designs from a security perspective.
• You solve complex, systemic problems with creative thinking, bring exceptional analytical and investigative abilities with hands-on root cause analysis experience, and communicate clearly in writing and conversation with engineering partners on design docs and architecture reviews.

We expect this position to be filled by 8/7/2026.

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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.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.