doordashusa

Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

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At a Glance

Location
Los Angeles, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Ann Arbor, MI
Experience
2+ years
Posted
2026-03-16T14:32:34-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

ExcelPostgreSQLREST APIRedisSQL

Domain Knowledge

  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Logistics
  • Medical
  • Regulatory

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

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Requirements

B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent

Prior experience (2+ years industry experience) working with backend tech stacks

Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various 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 and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ)

Responsibilities

DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expanding our Engineering offices globally! We are looking for Backend Engineers to build and maintain a large scale 24x7 global infrastructure system that powers DoorDash's 3-sided marketplace of Consumers, Merchants and Dashers.

We’re looking for Backend Engineers to work on both Product and Product Platform based teams. 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.

This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager.

Develop, release and run large-scale web applications

Develop and define the backend architecture and tech stack for a product area