About the Team

DoorDash Labs is an independent team at DoorDash that focuses on robotics and automation to develop autonomous delivery solutions as part of the DoorDash platform. The team is responsible for creating tools for authoring HD maps, mapping algorithms, map validation, and routing for robots. The team has a significant impact on the daily success of the product and contributes to achieving company goals.

About the Role

DoorDash Labs is hiring a Mapping Tools Engineer who is enthusiastic about map-making, robotics, and autonomy and has practical experience authoring large-scale HD maps. The role involves enhancing our existing software to build HD maps, creating algorithms to automate map generation, and creating powerful tools to accelerate map curation. The team aims to implement advanced processes, tools, and frameworks to create a robust, world-class mapping system that enhances the capabilities of our robots and supports our scalability efforts.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Create advanced 3D editing tools to author high-quality HD maps.
• Play a key role in scaling our robotics operations across multiple large geographic areas.
• Design state-of-the-art algorithms to improve map-making efficiency
• Collaborate closely with our team of map curators to accelerate HD map curation 
• Contribute to the mapping roadmap and work closely with stakeholders

We're excited about you because you have...

• B.S in Computer Science or equivalent
• Strong understanding of C++
• 5+ years of experience writing professional software systems
• Experience with large-scale map-making for autonomous systems
• Experience with 2D / 3D Graphics (e.g. OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, etc)
• Experience writing 2D / 3D editing tools (e.g. 3D mesh editing,, vector graphics editing, etc)
• Experience with C++ UI libraries (e.g. QT, ImGui, etc)
• Adaptability, resilience, and being able to thrive in ambiguity 
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, problem-solving skills and a high attention to detail

 

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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.

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.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay ranges for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.