Software Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027), US

About The Role

DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics engine for delivery. Our product engineers implement and operate technological solutions to improve the experiences of our merchants, dashers, and consumers, from creating user-friendly flows to crafting scalable backend architectures.

During our 12-week Software Engineer internship, interns are completely immersed in their teams and will have the opportunity to develop, maintain, and ship products. You will directly impact our business by collaborating with your team to solve real problems for our customers.

The 2027 internship program will be hosted in person at a DoorDash office in New York, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Los Angeles, or Seattle.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Develop, maintain and ship technical elements with the support of your mentor, manager, and team members.
• Act on feedback, coaching, and mentorship.
• Actively learn about the elements to which you contribute.
• Make a direct impact on our business by collaborating with your team to solve problems for our customers.
• Participate in intern programming, including Leadership Speaker series and social events (virtually and in-person).
• Present your summer learnings during a final presentation at the end of the internship.
• Experience an in-person summer work experience.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Graduating between Fall 2027 to Summer 2028.
• Available for a May or June 2027 start date.
• Experience working with databases (e.g., AWS, SQL, etc.).
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Proficient experience working with at least 1 object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Kotlin, etc.).
• Experience writing clean code, working with version control, and doing unit testing.

Preferred But Not Required

• At least 1 previous Software Engineering internship or equivalent relevant experience.
• Curiosity about and experience using AI-powered tools to support software development, problem solving, and learning, with an understanding of how to evaluate outputs and use these tools responsibly.
• Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various systems.
• Excited to develop, release and run large-scale web applications.
• Experience with solutions for systems monitoring, live deployments, and continuous integration.
• Experience with real-time technology problems.
• Experience working with service-oriented architecture, writing APIs, and designing systems.
• Participation in project or research-based technical work, hackathons, technical conferences/organizations, on-campus student organization leadership, technical teaching assistant roles, relevant extracurricular activities, or other technical experience.

Compensation

The national base pay range for this position within the United States is $107,400—$158,000 USD. Actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.

Benefits

DoorDash offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws. DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program.

• Paid Time Off Details for salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• Paid Time Off Details for hourly roles: vacation and paid sick time accrued based on hours worked.