Software Engineer Intern, Labs

DoorDash, Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA
Salary
$107,400–$158,000 / yr
Employment
Intern
Posted
19 days ago
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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 97 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer Intern, Labs

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) The Software Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) joins an independent team working at the intersection of software engineering and robotics to solve business problems. Interns are immersed in three specific areas: Perception, which utilizes vision foundation models, VLMs, lidar, and radar for autonomous delivery; Autonomy Platform, which builds operating systems, petabyte-scale data processing pipelines, and optimizes AI model compute; and DoorDash Air Cloud, which powers drone and robot flight management. You will develop, maintain, and ship technical elements while collaborating with mentors to solve customer problems. Required skills include proficiency in object-oriented programming languages like Python, Java, or Kotlin, knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and databases such as AWS or SQL. You must also demonstrate experience with version control, unit testing, and writing clean code.

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What you'll do

  • Develop, maintain, and ship technical elements of robotics and cloud software.
  • Build petabyte-scale data processing pipelines in the cloud.
  • Optimize nanosecond-level compute for bleeding-edge AI models.
  • Design robot operating systems and software frameworks for reliable scaling.
  • Implement vision foundation models and VLMs for perception and safety.
  • Write clean code using object-oriented programming languages and version control.
  • Perform unit testing and analyze system efficiency, scalability, and stability.
  • Present summer project learnings during a final presentation.

What we're looking for

  • You must be authorized to work in the U.S.
  • You must be pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field.
  • You must have no more than 2 years of full-time work experience.
  • You must be graduating between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028.
  • You must be available for a May or June 2027 start date.
  • You must have experience working with databases such as AWS or SQL.
  • You must have a solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
  • You must have proficient experience with at least one object-oriented programming language like Python, Java, or Kotlin.
  • You must have experience writing clean code, using version control, and performing unit testing.
  • You should have at least 1 previous Software Engineering internship or equivalent relevant experience (preferred).
  • You should have experience using AI-powered tools to support software development and problem-solving (preferred).
  • You should have experience with systems monitoring, live deployments, continuous integration, and service-oriented architecture (preferred).

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