Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning
Quick summary
- Work type
- On-site
- Location
- San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CA
- Salary
- $137,100–$201,600 / yr
- Posted
- 107 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live 2 days ago
- Nearby
- 99+ roles within 25 mi
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Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $194,300–$256,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $226k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 187 open roles on FindRole.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning joins the Fulfillment Planning team to build intelligence powering the logistics network. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying large-scale production machine learning systems that drive real-time decisioning for assignment, routing, batching, timing, and fulfillment estimation across various business lines. The engineer will own foundational ML systems, establish modeling and deployment standards, and mentor others while defining technical direction for high-reliability, low-latency Tier-0 services. Candidates must be fluent in Python and possess experience with modern deep learning frameworks to solve complex problems like demand shaping and knowledge distillation from large teacher models into efficient production versions. The work focuses on the core logistics problem of optimizing delivery execution to improve merchant outcomes and Dasher efficiency while reducing costs across diverse geographies and specialized delivery types including grocery, retail, and parcel.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?
Median $246394 from 172 postings across 28 companies.
Skills
What you'll do
- Design and develop large-scale production ML systems for real-time delivery assignment and fulfillment estimation.
- Lead 0 to 1 machine learning initiatives to improve logistics efficiency, quality, and cost.
- Define technical architecture, modeling standards, and deployment best practices for high-reliability Tier-0 services.
- Develop advanced AI solutions including LLM-inspired foundation models for logistics intelligence.
- Establish protocols for model monitoring, retraining, governance, and production reliability.
- Mentor other engineers to raise the technical bar for machine learning across the organization.
- Drive the technical roadmap for complex projects involving routing, batching, and demand shaping.
What we're looking for
- You must have 8+ years of industry experience building and deploying production-scale machine learning systems.
- You must possess strong machine learning fundamentals applied to large-scale production systems.
- You must be fluent in Python.
- You must have hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks, specifically deep learning frameworks.
- You must have experience designing, launching, and operating mission-critical ML models including monitoring, retraining, and governance.
- You must have experience with knowledge distillation from large teacher models into efficient production models.
- You must be able to lead complex technical projects end-to-end and influence stakeholders across multiple teams.
- You must be able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
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