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About the Role

DoorDash Labs is seeking a backend software engineer to work at the intersection of software engineering and robotics, solving key business problems with elegant technical solutions. This role involves designing and implementing backend services for IoT and autonomous delivery systems, integrating with core DoorDash data, and focusing on reliability and extensibility.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services for IoT that integrates with core DoorDash data, focused on reliability, and future extensibility
• Create 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.

Requirements

• 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

Skills

• Kotlin
• gRPC
• Kafka
• Redis
• Postgres
• Cassandra
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Geospatial data
• Mapping technologies (GIS)

Experience Level

• 6+ years of industry experience

Education Level

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $130,600—$192,000 USD
• $159,800—$235,000 USD
• $193,800—$285,000 USD

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability insurance
• Basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program
• Flexible paid time off/vacation (for salaried roles)
• 80 hours of paid sick time per year (for salaried roles)

About the Company

• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status.
• Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office.
• Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash.
• We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
• If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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