Software Engineer, Traffic Platform – Distributed Systems

DoorDash, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits

Job summary

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking experienced software engineers for the Traffic team to design and operate the next generation of the traffic platform.

You will work on core components like Envoy Data Plane, xDS control planes, and proxyless architectures across regions, building reliable, high-scale systems. You will collaborate with other engineers, participate in on-call rotations, and drive improvements through automation and AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering.
• Proficiency in Go, C++, Python, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design and build large-scale distributed systems with high RPS and latency sensitivity.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues to maintain SLAs.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to improve automation, monitoring, and reliability.

Skills

Go

C++

Python

Rust

AWS

Kubernetes

Tools

Envoy

xDS

gRPC

Job description

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking experienced software engineers for the Traffic team to design and operate the next generation of the traffic platform.

You will work on core components like Envoy Data Plane, xDS control planes, and proxyless architectures across regions, building reliable, high-scale systems. You will collaborate with other engineers, participate in on-call rotations, and drive improvements through automation and AI-assisted tooling.