DoorDash

Senior Software Engineer, Build Systems & CI

DoorDash
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8 hours ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA +2 moreSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$160k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Evolve build and continuous integration workflows for large monorepos.
  • Develop Bazel rules, toolchains, and integrations for reproducible and adoptable shared build infrastructure.
  • Improve Buildkite pipeline throughput and reliability by reducing queue times and build bottlenecks.
  • Optimize dependency analysis, incremental builds, caching, parallel execution, and CI compute usage.
  • Build developer tools for diagnosing build failures and reproducing CI behavior locally.
  • Explore AI-assisted CI diagnosis, pull request triage, automated recovery, and developer guidance.
  • Instrument and operate build and CI infrastructure using metrics and developer feedback to address recurring issues.
  • Lead platform improvements from design through rollout, partner on migrations, and mentor teammates through technical decisions and code reviews.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including developer infrastructure, build systems, or CI platforms.
  • Production software development experience with a language such as Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python, along with strong debugging and software design skills.
  • Experience with build or CI systems at scale, including dependencies, incremental builds, caching, and distributed execution.
  • Experience with Bazel, Buildkite, or large monorepos is especially relevant; comparable tools and environments are acceptable.
  • Experience leading technical projects across teams, making design tradeoffs, and carrying changes through rollout and operational ownership.
  • Ability to approach internal platforms as products and improve developer workflows and adoption.
  • Ability to investigate performance and reliability issues across multiple components and select maintainable solutions.
  • Mentorship, clear communication, and automation skills that improve team effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) matching, medical, dental, and vision coverage, disability and basic life insurance, and mental health support.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave, family-forming assistance, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off, paid sick leave, and 11 paid holidays.
  • Salaried employees receive flexible paid time off and 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
  • The role includes opportunities for equity grants.
  • Position is expected to be filled by 2026-11-16; the posting states that base salary is localized by work location and provides a United States base salary range.

Tech Stack

BazelBuildkiteGoJavaKotlinPython

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About DoorDash

10,000+ employees

DoorDash builds a marketplace and logistics platform that connects consumers with local restaurants and retailers for on-demand delivery and pickup, powered by a network of independent Dashers. It earns through delivery fees, merchant commissions, advertising, DashPass subscriptions, and white-label fulfillment via DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the public company operates across the U.S. and selected international markets, and also researches automation through DoorDash Labs.

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