Software Engineer I, Entry-Level

About the Role

DoorDash is building the future of local commerce, empowering millions of daily interactions between consumers, merchants, and couriers globally. This role is for students completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree to begin their engineering careers. You will help build and operate reliable, scalable technology that improves experiences across our global platform.

About the Team

The Engineering team tackles complex technical challenges across a global, three-sided marketplace, from intuitive product experiences to infrastructure and backend systems. You will collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt.

You’ll Work Alongside

• A mentor, manager, and experienced engineers.
• You will contribute to real products and systems.
• As you build your technical knowledge, you’ll take on increasing ownership and see how your work affects users.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and ship production-ready software with support.
• Write clean, testable code and contribute to code reviews, version control, and engineering best practices.
• Learn the systems and technical areas your work contributes to, including how they operate at scale.
• Apply feedback and coaching to strengthen technical skills and problem-solving.
• Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional partners to solve problems.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, graduating between Fall 2026 and Summer 2027.
• At least two previous software engineering internships or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience using at least one object-oriented programming language, such as Python, Java, or Kotlin.
• A solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience working with databases and technologies such as SQL.
• Experience writing clean code, using version control, and creating unit tests.

Nice to Have

• Curiosity about using AI-powered tools to support software development, problem-solving, and learning, alongside an understanding of how to evaluate their outputs and use them responsibly.
• Experience analyzing and improving the efficiency, scalability, or stability of software systems.
• Interest in developing, releasing, and operating large-scale web applications.
• Familiarity with systems monitoring, live deployments, or continuous integration.
• Experience solving real-time technology problems.
• Familiarity with service-oriented architecture, API development, or systems design.

Compensation

The national base pay range for this position within the United States is $107,400—$158,000 USD.

Benefits

• Premium healthcare and comprehensive health benefits.
• Wellness expense reimbursement.
• Paid parental leave.
• Benefits and perks designed to support your health, wellbeing, and development.
• 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.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Disability and basic life insurance.
• Family-forming assistance.
• Mental health program.

Paid Time Off Details (for salaried roles):

• Flexible paid time off/vacation.
• 80 hours of paid sick time per year.