Software Engineer, Fullstack
San Francisco, CA
About the Team
DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. As a fullstack engineer on the foundry team at DD Labs, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining web applications end-to-end from React frontends to the backend services and APIs behind them spanning both internal tools and external merchant-facing products that help build and scale our products to the next level. You'll be working on our React + Node.js tech stack, collaborating with engineers across the stack to design and architect scalable solutions to support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture and to maximize business impact.
You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will...

• Be able to quickly prototype and develop internal web applications to support new product use cases
• Write robust, highly tested, well-crafted code that you are proud of
• Develop and define the architecture and tech stack across the frontend and backend for a new product area
• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs (REST/gRPC) that power both internal tools and merchant-facing products.
• Brainstorm and come up with innovative solutions to enable scaling our operations at various stages
• Be excited to learn more about and contribute to other adjacent disciplines (data analysis, etc) when possible

We're Excited About You Because You Have...

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years of industry experience
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, gRPC)
• Strong foundations: vanilla JS, HTML5, CSS3
• Deep understanding of REST principles and designing and building backend APIs
• Experience designing and architecting web solutions working cross team with product and design
• Experience with React/Redux, or similar frameworks
• Experience working with Express and Node.js servers
• Experience with relational databases schema design, query optimization (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Experience with documentation, unit and integration testing

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Java/Kotlin
• Contributor to open source projects

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. 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. To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
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. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
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