DoorDash Software Engineer Reviews

Pros

High momentum High impact High growth

Cons

Workload high Roadmap can change quickly

Pros

Like title says, never thought I could make this much in my life. Got lucky and had pretty light work first half year here. Still, WLB is not bad as long as you stand your ground.

Cons

Sometimes people will try to push you to work after-hours, especially if you're on east coast time. Sometimes people will pressure you. The code quality is pretty poor tbh.

Pros

- Lots of interesting and challenging problems to solve as DoorDash is not as established as the other big tech players, due to operating like a startup at heart. - Amazing teammates who are super driven and helpful, although sometimes people may seem overburdened with responsibilities. Vast majority of folks I worked with have a 'play to win' attitude and instead of cowering in the face of difficult challenges, we tackled them head on. - Depending on the team, you should expect to learn a ton on the technical and business side. Unlike many corporate environments, DoorDash tracks both application and business metrics extensively and they're open to every employee.

Cons

- Depending on the team / org, work life balance can range from terrible to decent. - When nearly half of your compensation is in RSU's, stock price definitely matters a bit -- but to be fair the entire tech sector is down during the 2022-23 recession.

Pros

- Pay is reasonably competitive. It isn't exceptional for new hires but it isn't bad by any means. It is around what you'd get at FAANG. - Tech stack isn't outdated at this point. Still some legacy tech but emphasis is on technologies that you could transfer to new jobs in the future. (React, Kotlin, TypeScript, etc.) - People I've encountered are nice enough - I feel like I have pretty good WLB at the moment

Cons

- Everything within this company is hugely YMMV. I know people who quit within 3 months of joining because they couldn't deal with it anymore. - Your manager, director, and specific sub-team dictate your entire experience way more than they should. - Still a lot of problematic code, old systems, tech debt, and so forth. - Culturally, kinda bland. No hate on the people but the personalities definitely don't shine during this remote time. Again - YMMV. - Very little emphasis on the social side of things, very high emphasis on the work. Seems like an anti-social company overall. (At least at this point - things may have been different long ago) - Outside of the lifers (very very few), there's a strong feeling that people want to leave as soon as they're done vesting. I can't tell if it's baggage, trauma, or just a desire to be changing places all the time but I get that feeling from a lot of folks who have been at the company for a while. They're not passionate or interested in the job much - they just give off these vibes of doing their job and cashing in a check. - Benefits are bad. You get a small taxable gym benefit, some wifi benefit for rest of year, a $750 stipend for WFH equipment, and that's about it... No doordash food for lunch. Even with offices coming back, benefits will be little to none. It is NOT Google or FB when it comes to benefits. I see very little reason to go into the office when it does come back fully and I can see why my peers feel the same - it's just a bland corporate office environment. Comes back to that... come in, work, check out, and cash out type of culture. People are just trying to get by and not thrive. - Very little attention is paid to employees unless problems are coming up. For those who are high growth mindset, this is difficult because you need a lot more 1:1 time. Sadly, this company feels more like code factory rather than innovation or solving on a bigger scale. Wouldn't be a huge issue but it's also not a code factory that makes you great at coding either. - Onboarding is a joke. Documentation is non-existent. Most best practices are optional. I'm not sure how long I'll be here. Although I feel like I've managed to luck out with the area that I'm working in, the team, etc.... I don't feel passionate about it at all or that I'm given very much attention.

Pros

good perks, wlb is good

Cons

nothing i can really think of

Pros

Good pay Projects move fast

Cons

Wlb is not good as some of the other tech companies

Pros

Lots of interesting problems to solve.

Cons

Operational load is heavy is some teams.