Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Generative AI
DoorDash, Inc
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This role pays less than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $185,981–$248,721 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $217k for comparable roles.
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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 187 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $144,800–$212,950 across 166 roles with salary data.
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Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure - Generative AI joins the GenAI Platform team to build shared infrastructure for deploying generative AI products and automation. You will lead the design and architecture of an open-weights model platform, managing real-time GPU serving, high-throughput batch inference, and fine-tuning pipelines including SFT, DPO, and LoRA. The role involves overseeing LLM Gateways, evals infrastructure, guardrails, and cost attribution while pushing the frontier of GPU performance and utilization. You will work with Python and distributed systems to develop scalable backend services and production-grade tools for model serving. Key technical focuses include inference engines like vLLM or SGLang, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure. This role solves the challenge of moving generative AI from prototype to production by creating durable platform primitives that balance cost, latency, and reliability across various open-weight and closed-source models.
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