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DoorDash USA

Software Engineer, Backend - Autonomous Delivery Platform

San Francisco, CAFrom $285kmidAdded today

About this role

DoorDash Labs seeks a backend software engineer to design and operate services for an autonomous delivery platform, integrating IoT systems with core infrastructure. You'll collaborate cross-functionally to build scalable, reliable APIs and improve system performance while working at the intersection of robotics and software engineering.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement backend services for IoT and autonomous delivery systems integrated with DoorDash data
  • Create well-documented APIs for cross-departmental integration
  • Improve performance, reliability, scalability, and security of backend systems
  • Introduce development tools and best practices to accelerate team velocity
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to solve business problems with elegant technical solutions
  • Operate and maintain backend services supporting product functionality

What they're looking for

  • Backend service architecture and design
  • REST API development
  • Java or Kotlin
  • SQL databases
  • Service-oriented architecture
  • Unit testing and architectural design
  • System scalability and reliability optimization
  • HTTP and modern web stack fundamentals

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible paid time off and 80 hours annual sick leave
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Mental health program and wellness benefits
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DoorDash USA

DoorDash USA is building autonomous delivery systems including drones and robots, along with internal infrastructure platforms to support large-scale operations. The company is hiring robotics engineers, autonomous systems specialists, infrastructure engineers, and platform software engineers to develop flight control systems, mapping and localization capabilities, and distributed computing platforms.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience designing backend services for high-scale systems and how you approached reliability and extensibility.
  • Tell us about a time you had to balance competing architectural trade-offs—how did you evaluate and make the decision?
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