Software Engineer, Build Infrastructure

Doordash • Seattle, WA

76d • $159,800 - $235,000

About The Position

As a Software Engineer on the Build infrastructure team, you will help shape the developer experience at DoorDash by improving build performance, enhancing CI tooling, and contributing to core libraries and development platforms in Kotlin and Go. Your work will ensure that engineers across the company can iterate quickly and ship high quality code with confidence. You will report into the Build infrastructure team in our Developer Platform organization.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Proficient in languages such as Kotlin, Go, Java, or Python, and have experience building internal tools, developer frameworks, or backend services.
• Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), build tools (e.g., Bazel, Gradle), or infrastructure at scale.
• Contributed to tooling that improves the developer experience.
• Excited to build new tools and systems that simplify workflows, eliminate toil, and increase development velocity across the company.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a monorepo and building developer tooling.
• Familiarity with MergeQueue systems, remote build execution, or caching strategies.
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with artifact management (e.g., Artifactory).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the core Build infrastructure and Developer Experience that powers CI/CD across DoorDash.
• Improve developer workflows in the monorepo through better tooling, automation, and standardization.
• Build solutions in Kotlin, Go and Python that enhance developer productivity and maintainability.
• Be at the forefront of developing new technologies and have the opportunity to leverage and contribute to open source tech.
• Contribute to cross functional projects by designing large scale systems with engineering excellence, long-term maintainability, and risk in mind.
• Work with a team of highly talented and motivated teammates.
• Join a growing company and grow right along with us.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness benefits.
• Commuter benefits match.
• Paid time off and paid sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Disability and basic life insurance.
• Family-forming assistance.
• Mental health program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees