Software Engineer, Planning & Controls
DoorDash, Inc
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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $171,712–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $208k versus about $204k 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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Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air will join the Autonomy Software team to build and manage the infrastructure necessary for aerial autonomy development. This role focuses on real-time, fault-tolerant onboard systems rather than cloud infrastructure, specifically addressing the challenges of maintaining vehicle health at high altitudes. Key responsibilities include developing process management, health monitoring, and parameterization systems while managing the build system, CI/CD pipelines, and regression testing. The candidate will work with C++, Python, ROS2, and Jetson targets while utilizing tools like CMake, Bazel, Nix, and Conan. Additionally, the role involves creating logging and debugging tools using RViz or Foxglove to improve team productivity. This position solves critical reliability problems for autonomous drones by implementing watchdogs, failover mechanisms, and graceful degradation in a high-stakes aerospace environment where systems cannot restart mid-flight.
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