Software Engineer, Backend - Autonomous Delivery Platform

Engg; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

Parental leave 16 weeks

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off and paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking a backend engineer to build and operate scalable services at the intersection of software and robotics. You will own backend systems that support product functionality, integrate with core data, and enable reliable, secure deployments.

The role emphasizes design, performance, and collaboration across teams to maximize business impact. The team focuses on IoT and autonomous delivery backend services, with opportunities to influence architecture, data pipelines, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industry experience as a software engineer.
• Experience with backend for frontend architecture.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Backend for frontend

REST APIs

SQL

Java/Kotlin

SOA

Unit testing

Architectural design

Education

B.S., M.S., or PhD in CS or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

Redis

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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!

About the Role

We’re looking for Backend Engineers to work on both Product and Product Platform based teams in DoorDash Labs. Product focused Engineers work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to solve key business problems with elegant technical solutions. You'll operate our backend services and architecture that support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture -- collaborating cross-functionally, as well as evaluating and executing on trade-offs to maximize business impact for the company.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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).

We expect this position to be filled by 23/11/2026.

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.

$193,800 - $285,000 USD

Benefits

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 range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

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 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.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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