Merchant-side engineering is rewarding
Working on tools restaurants depend on. Direct user-facing feedback. Less glamorous than rider/consumer but high-impact.
Food delivery marketplace.
DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating in the online food ordering and food delivery industry, classified under Services-Business Services, NEC. It is a publicly traded company, listed under the ticker symbol DASH. As of December 31, 2020, the platform had a large scale, with 450,000 merchants, 20 million consumers, and over one million delivery couriers. DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States, with a 56% market share. Sources: Wikipedia, SEC EDGAR
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DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States. It also has a 60% market share in the convenience delivery category. As of December 31, 2020, the platform was used by 450,000 merchants, 20 million consumers, and had over one million delivery couriers.
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Working on tools restaurants depend on. Direct user-facing feedback. Less glamorous than rider/consumer but high-impact.
Items missing or wrong about 1 in 8 orders. DoorDash refund policy is fair when this happens but the time cost is annoying.
$10/month membership is worth it if you order weekly. Many restaurants offer DashPass-only discounts.
Service fee + delivery fee + driver tip + small-order fee + 1.99 expanded-range fee. A $20 burrito ends up being $35.
If you're in the corporate ops or finance teams, the cross-functional load during peak quarters can be unsustainable.
Three promotions in four years. The company growth makes that easier to engineer than at a flat-growth company.
Marketplace work means real-world incidents during dinner rush every night. On-call is real. Comp reflects it.