Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure (San Francisco)

DoorDash connects customers with local businesses for delivery, from restaurants to grocery, retail and its own DashMart stores. DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term.

Key responsibilities

• Play an integral role on a small and focused team
• Develop and own critical onboard components: process management, health monitoring, configuration management, and message passing
• Own the build system (C++, Python) and middleware layer (ROS2), including cross-compilation for Jetson targets
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and regression testing infrastructure
• Build and manage the parameterization system, including schema definition, validation, migration, and deployment
• Build robotics logging, plotting, and debugging tools that make the entire team more productive

Requirements

• Prior experience at a robotics company in a similar infrastructure role
• Experience with robotics middleware (ROS2, LCM, eCal, Apex.AI)
• Experience with build systems and package managers (CMake, Bazel, Nix, Conan)
• Experience with NVidia Jetson and JetPack
• Experience with robotics logging and visualization (RViz, Foxglove, Rerun, Plotly)
• Strong C++ and Python skills, and you're comfortable with systems-level debugging

Location and schedule

• Onsite in San Francisco, California
• Experience with deterministic replay or time-travel debugging for robotics

Salary and benefits

US base salary $168,000 to $247,000 a year. DoorDash also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.