Software Engineer, Backend DoorDash Labs

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

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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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,