Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Autonomy & Robotics

Doordashusa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,600 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

Paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

Doordashusa is seeking an Infrastructure Software Engineer to enhance simulation and machine learning infrastructures. You will work in a dynamic environment and collaborate with various teams to support large-scale operations.

Ideal candidates will hold degrees in relevant fields and have robust programming skills, especially in Python. Attractive compensation and benefits are included, emphasizing employee wellness and career development.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in Computer Science or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms is required.
• Experience with Python programming is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure for autonomous vehicle development.
• Collaborate with teams in motion planning and simulation.
• Develop large-scale distributed simulation execution.

Skills

Data structures and algorithms

Python programming

Operationalizing large-scale systems

Distributed data processing (Ray, Spark, Flink)

Software quality and reliability

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics or related technical field

Tools

C++

SQL

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for DoorDash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last‑mile logistics. The team's mission is to create technologies that support and augment human networks, aiming to improve efficiency for Dashers, merchants, and consumers alike. We’re ruthlessly focused on business impact. We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries. As of 2025, DoorDash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries. We’re focused on how to do the next 10B even better.

About the Role

We’re hiring an Infrastructure Software Engineer. In this role, you’ll work with multiple stakeholders including Product, Engineering, and Operations to develop and improve our infrastructure. The Infrastructure team designs, builds, and operates the infrastructure that enables large scale simulation testing, continuous integration, and machine learning.

You’re excited about the role because you will…

• Have significant scope and decision‑making responsibility
• Design and implement infrastructure to enable autonomous vehicle development, including:
  • Large‑scale distributed simulation execution
  • Ingest, processing, and organization of petabyte‑scale datasets
  • GPU‑accelerated distributed computing for data preparation and training
• Design and implement robot data and metrics pipelines
• Collaborate with core autonomy teams: motion planning, perception, and simulation

We’re excited about you because you have…

• A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics or related technical field
• In‑depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Strong Python programming experience
• Experience with operationalizing large‑scale systems
• Experience with at least one distributed data processing framework (Ray, Spark, Flink, etc.)
• Passionate about software quality and reliability
• Nice to have:
  • C++
  • SQL
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Experience with GPU‑accelerated systems
  • Robotics domain experience/knowledge
• Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities

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.

• $130,600 – $192,000 USD (Illinois, Colorado)
• $159,800 – $235,000 USD (other states)
• $193,800 – $285,000 USD (additional states)

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, disability and basic life insurance, family‑forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

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 per month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours per 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 per month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours per month if working 20 hours/week).

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 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.

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.