Machine Learning Engineer - ETA Team

DoorDash, Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA
Salary
$137,100–$201,600 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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Below market

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This role $169k
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This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $176,000–$249,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $213k for comparable roles.

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About DoorDash, Inc

DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States.

DoorDash, Inc currently has 238 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Machine Learning Engineer - ETA Team

As a Machine Learning Engineer at DoorDash’s ETA team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing the company's real-time delivery estimation models to improve service quality for consumers, merchants, and dashers. Your responsibilities include building deep learning models that provide accurate time predictions, managing the entire modeling lifecycle from feature creation to model maintenance, and exploring new opportunities where ETA can drive business growth. You will work closely with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced startup environment. The ideal candidate has 1+ years of industry experience post-PhD or 3+ years post-M.S., expertise in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch and production tools such as Spark and Airflow, and a strong background in machine learning with a focus on marketplaces. This role offers the chance to make significant impacts at scale within DoorDash’s hyper-growth ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Build Deep Learning models for next-generation ETA to enhance user experiences.
  • Own the entire modeling lifecycle, from feature creation to model maintenance.
  • Develop and iterate on models to solve complex business problems at scale.
  • Utilize robust data and machine learning infrastructure for model development.
  • Identify new opportunities for ETA applications in emerging markets and regions.

What we're looking for

  • 1+ years of industry experience post PhD or 3+ years with a graduate degree in developing impactful ML models.
  • Strong background in Deep Learning and OSS ML technologies like Spark, PyTorch, Airflow, with production experience.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Python and machine learning libraries such as Spark MLLib, PyTorch.
  • Deep understanding of complex systems including marketplaces and domain knowledge in Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, etc.
  • Experience shipping production-grade ML models and optimization systems, designing sophisticated experimentation techniques.

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