Software Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027)
About The Position
DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash working at the intersection of software engineering and robotics to solve business problems. Interns may join the Perception, Autonomy Platform, or DoorDash Air Cloud (Foundry) team. Perception helps Dot understand the world using vision foundation models and vision-language models, supported by lidar and radar, and works on rare scenarios, adverse weather, reinforcement learning, and end-to-end driving. Autonomy Platform builds the software foundation that enables Dot to operate reliably at scale, including the robot operating system, cloud data-processing pipelines, and compute optimization for AI models. DoorDash Air Cloud (Foundry) builds cloud software powering autonomous delivery, from order eligibility for drone or robot delivery through merchant handoff and flight management. This is a 12-week summer internship in which interns are immersed in their teams and develop, maintain, and ship products. Interns collaborate with teammates to solve customer problems, receive mentorship and feedback, participate in programming and social events, and present their summer learnings at the end of the internship. The 2027 program is in person at a DoorDash Labs office in San Francisco or Sunnyvale. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; F-1 students may qualify using CPT, while J-1 students are not supported for internships.
Requirements
- Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Have no more than 2 years of full-time work experience.
- Graduating between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028.
- Available to start in May or June 2027; internships are hosted during the summer only.
- Experience working with databases, such as AWS or SQL.
- Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
- Proficient experience with at least one object-oriented programming language, such as Python, Java, or Kotlin.
- Experience writing clean code, working with version control, and performing unit testing.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; F-1 students must use CPT. J-1 students are not supported for internships.
- Excited about an in-person summer work experience.
Nice To Haves
- At least one previous Software Engineering internship or equivalent relevant experience.
- Curiosity about and experience using AI-powered tools for software development, problem solving, and learning, with the ability to evaluate outputs and use the tools responsibly.
- Ability to analyze and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability.
- Interest in developing, releasing, and running large-scale web applications.
- Experience with systems monitoring, live deployments, and continuous integration.
- Experience with real-time technology problems.
- Experience with service-oriented architecture, API development, and system design.
- Participation in project- or research-based technical work, hackathons, technical conferences or organizations, student organization leadership, technical teaching assistant roles, relevant extracurricular activities, or other technical experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and ship technical elements with support from a mentor, manager, and team members.
- Act on feedback, coaching, and mentorship from the team.
- Learn about the technical elements to which you contribute.
- Collaborate with the team to solve real customer problems and make a direct business impact.
- Participate in intern programming, including leadership speaker series and virtual and in-person social events.
- Present summer learnings in a final presentation at the end of the internship.
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 in compliance with applicable laws.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Disability and basic life insurance.
- Family-forming assistance.
- Mental health program.
- For salaried roles, flexible paid time off/vacation and 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles, accrued vacation and paid sick time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
