About the Team

DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We're hiring a backend software engineer to work at the intersection of software engineering and robotics to solve key business problems with elegant technical solutions. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions to a service loved by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! 

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

• Design and implement backend services for IoT that integrates with core DoorDash data, focused on reliability, and future extensibility
• Create a well documented APIs for other departments to integrate with
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security for our backend systems
• Introduce tools and best practices to accelerate our development process
• Design and implement backend services for autonomous delivery system that integrate with core DoorDash data.

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

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
• Experience with backend for frontend architecture
• Ability to improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of multiple system resources
• Experience with service oriented architecture, writing REST API’s, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST)
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with either Java or Kotlin

Nice to Have

Experience with these technologies is not required but helpful.

• Familiarity with Kotlin
• gRPC, Kafka, Redis, Postgres, or Cassandra
• AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
• Familiarity with geospatial data and mapping technologies (GIS)

 

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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 for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays. Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (i.e. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act).

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others. 

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

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington. 

I4$130,600—$192,000 USDI5$159,800—$235,000 USDI6$193,800—$285,000 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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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 comp