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title: 'Data Scientist at DoorDash Australia'
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# Data Scientist at DoorDash Australia

- **Company:** DoorDash Australia
- **Location:** Melbourne, Australia / Sydney, Australia
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/doordashaustralia/jobs/8258640

## Job description

## About the Team

At DoorDash, the Data Science and Analytics team uncovers insights and translates them into actionable recommendations that drive decisions across the organisation. Analytics is integral to all areas of DoorDash, and this role sits within the global BizOps Analytics team with a specific focus on the Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) markets.

## About the Role

You will be a key BizOps partner, working closely with the Strategy & Operations team and the ANZ Executive Leadership Team to turn data into actionable insights—with a specific focus on all things Merchant.

In this role, you will work to identify and prioritise the local opportunities that matter most for Merchants to grow, operate, and monetize their business with DoorDash. This will cover areas such as merchant availability, menu quality, ads, promos, operational excellence, and more — improving outcomes for both Merchants and DoorDash.

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

- Be a first-class thought partner to our Strategy & Operations and Executive teams and help them make decisions on what’s next for DoorDash
- Provide insights to enable our cross-functional team to understand marketplace dynamics, user behaviours, and long-term trends
- Use quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand what drives our business
- Build full-cycle analytics experiments, reports, and dashboards using SQL, Python, R, or other scripting and statistical tools
- Identify and measure levers to help move essential metrics and make recommendations
- Work backwards from understanding and sizing problems to ideating solutions
- Produce recommendations and use statistical techniques and hypothesis testing and other experimentation techniques to validate your findings.

We're excited about you because you have…

- 2+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or related quantitative roles and a degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain.
- The insight to take ambiguous problems and solve them in a structured, hypothesis-driven, data-supported way
- Experience leading /owning strategic projects to completion with multiple cross-functional teams
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, know how to effectively collaborate well with strategy, operations, product, finance and engineering while prioritising competing needs
- Very experienced with SQL queries, Basic ETL, Regression techniques
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Python or R
- Experience working with experimentation techniques (A/B testing, Causal Inference) and interpreting hypothesis testing.

## About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Beware of recruitment scams: DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt will never ask you to pay money or share sensitive financial information during hiring — learn more about our legitimate recruiting process at [Recruitment Scam Awareness - DoorDash](https://careersatdoordash.com/recruitment-scam-awareness) .

## About DoorDash Australia

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DoorDash Australia connects local consumers, merchants, and independent delivery contractors through a technology platform for ordering and delivering food, groceries, and other goods across Australia.
- **Entity Type**: Public subsidiary (Parent: DoorDash, Inc. – NASDAQ: DASH)
- **Headquarters**: Melbourne, VIC, Australia (with additional office in Sydney)
- **Founded**: 2013 (global); Australian operations launched in 2020
- **Founders**: Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, Evan Moore

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Logistics, freight and delivery services; local commerce platform
- **Target customers**: B2B (merchants, restaurants, retailers), B2C (consumers), and independent contractors (Dashers)
- **Mission**: "To empower local economies" – helping merchants grow, giving consumers access to local goods, and providing flexible earning opportunities for Dashers

## Products & Services
- **DoorDash Marketplace**: Core platform where consumers order food and goods from local merchants for delivery by Dashers. Integrated ordering, payment, and logistics.
- **DoorDash Drive**: White-label delivery solution enabling merchants to use DoorDash’s logistics network for deliveries ordered through their own websites.
- **Dasher App**: Independent contractor platform allowing individuals to choose when and where to deliver, with upfront pay disclosure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed for the Australian entity. Parent company DoorDash, Inc. is publicly traded (NASDAQ: DASH) with a market capitalisation of over $50 billion (as of mid-2025).
- **Key Metrics** (Australia, 2024):
  - Over 230,000 Australians earned income as Dashers
  - Dashers collectively earned more than $500 million
  - Merchants generated over $1.4 billion in sales on the platform
  - More than 35,000 active merchants at year-end
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by global parent; local partnerships with more than 35,000 merchants including restaurants, grocery stores, and retail outlets.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Launched in Australia in 2020 and rapidly expanded to all major cities and regional areas
  - 147 full-time employees (FTEs) as of 2024, with 48 new FTEs added during the year
  - Ongoing investment in trust & safety operations, regulatory compliance, and supplier risk management

## Competitive Advantages
- **Network effects**: Large, active base of merchants, Dashers, and consumers creates a self-reinforcing marketplace
- **Technology & logistics**: Proprietary routing, real-time tracking, and AI-driven demand forecasting
- **Global scale with local expertise**: Leverages DoorDash’s global infrastructure (including Deliveroo and Wolt) while adapting to Australian regulations and consumer preferences
- **Flexible earning model**: Attracts a large pool of Dashers, ensuring delivery capacity even during peak times

## Strategic Focus
- Growing merchant and consumer base across Australia, including expansion into non-food categories (grocery, retail, alcohol)
- Engaging with regulators (e.g., Fair Work Commission proceedings on minimum standards for employee-like workers)
- Strengthening trust & safety through 24/7 incident response and modern slavery risk mitigation
- Investing in sustainable growth: ethical supply chains, dasher support, and community impact programs

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced, mission-driven environment with a focus on “moving quickly and always learning.” Employees report a collaborative atmosphere and ownership over problems.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid model with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. Flexibility for certain roles.
- **Perks**:
  - Employee Assistance Program and free confidential hotline
  - Ethics & Compliance Center for reporting concerns (whistleblower, anti-discrimination, workplace health & safety)
  - Opportunities to work across diverse teams: Analytics, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, HR, Trust & Safety, and more
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Formal policies on equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment; modern slavery steering committee and due diligence frameworks
- **Career growth**: Rapidly growing entity with many new hires (48 added in 2024) and visible impact on local economies

## Sources
1. [about.doordash.com](https://about.doordash.com/en-au/company)
2. [about.doordash.com/impact](https://about.doordash.com/en-au/impact)
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/doordashaustralia)
4. [au.seek.com](https://au.seek.com/companies/doordash-160565827422517)
5. [modernslaveryregister.gov.au](https://modernslaveryregister.gov.au/statements/NRoIZVToIlVQnkO/pdf/)

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