Distributed Systems Engineer, Traffic Platform

Doordashusa; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Paid time off & sick leave

Disability & life insurance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking experienced engineers for the Traffic team to build and operate the next generation of its Traffic platform. You will design, implement, and maintain critical traffic infrastructure such as Envoy data plane, xDS control planes, and proxyless architecture to support a global, low-latency delivery network.

You will join a hybrid work model from hubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle or New York, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Traffic Team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering.
• Experience with Go, C++, Python or Rust.
• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes.
• Background working on and debugging high-QPS or latency-sensitive systems.
• Curious, independent, ambitious, and capable of solving in ambiguous environments.
• Proficiency with AI coding tools across the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and build large-scale distributed systems that are high RPS and latency sensitive.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and fix production issues and maintain SLAs.
• Collaborate with platform and product engineers to deliver features.
• Improve team productivity and operations using automation and AI tools.
• Participate in on-call duties and lead production investigations.

Skills

Go

C++

Python

Rust

Tools

Envoy

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

ArgoCD

Helm

Atlantis

Job description

DoorDash is seeking experienced engineers for the Traffic team to build and operate the next generation of its Traffic platform. You will design, implement, and maintain critical traffic infrastructure such as Envoy data plane, xDS control planes, and proxyless architecture to support a global, low-latency delivery network.

You will join a hybrid work model from hubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle or New York, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Traffic Team.