Kitchen Shift Lead, DashMart

About this role

DashMart Kitchens (DMK) is a dedicated culinary team operating within a shared DashMart facility. While we work inside a DashMart building, we are a team focused on preparing made-to-order meals for customers ordering through the DoorDash app.

We work side-by-side with our DashMart partners to deliver a seamless customer experience. We operate as one team within four walls, collaborating to ensure operational excellence, food quality, and a clean, organized environment.

About the Role

DashMart Kitchens is looking for a motivated and experienced individual who thrives in fast-paced, hands-on environments and is excited to lead from the front.

As a Kitchen Shift Lead , you will have shift-level responsibility for kitchen execution within a shared DashMart facility. You will lead Kitchen Operations Associates and Shift Coordinators during your shift, ensuring food quality, safety, cleanliness, order accuracy, and operational excellence. We are looking for strong leaders who have experience in food service, kitchen operations, or grocery

This role is dedicated to DMK operations while maintaining strong partnership and collaboration with DashMart site leadership to ensure overall facility success.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Own your assigned kitchen shifts, ensuring strong execution of food preparation standards, cleanliness, safety, and inventory practices (including FIFO and equipment care)

• Ensure all orders are prepared accurately, on time, and meet quality and food safety standards before handoff

• Lead and delegate tasks to Kitchen Operations Associates, serving as the primary escalation point for kitchen-related operational challenges

• Coach team members on proper food safety, cleanliness, and execution standards while modeling professionalism and urgency

• Partner closely with DashMart Shift Leads and Site Leadership to maintain alignment across kitchen and warehouse operations

• Support shared facility standards and contribute ideas to improve workflows, efficiency, and overall site performance

• Foster a collaborative “One Team” environment within the four walls

We’re Excited About You Because…

• You have experience in food service, kitchen operations, or grocery leadership

• You’re self-motivated, positive, and a team player. You work well with others, and you bring a great attitude to your work each and every day. You have high integrity and are excited to delight customers.

• You have a passion for culinary execution and take pride in delivering consistent, high-quality meals

• You are detail-oriented and hold high standards for food safety and cleanliness

• You are comfortable leading in fast-paced, physically active environments

• You can lift up to 50 lbs

• You have a high school diploma or GED

• You are willing to complete (or already hold) a Food Handler’s Certification

Benefits

• Market competitive pay (10pm–6am will receive a $2 increase in pay)

• Opportunity for pay increases twice a year based upon performance

• Paid time off (PTO) and sick leave

• Health benefits starting Day 1 (Medical, Dental, & Vision)

• 401k match

• Gym membership reimbursement (up to $75/month)

• Monthly DashPass subscription (including access to Lyft discounts for full-time employees)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Career advancement opportunities

Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.

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.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here .

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.

Base Pay: $21.30 — $21.30 USD

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 including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

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.

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