Software Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027) - US

Location: New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA Department: 348 University Recruiting Engineering

About the Team

DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics engine for delivery! We’re looking for experienced engineers to join our fast-growing engineering team to help us develop a 24x7 global infrastructure system that powers DoorDash’s three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and dashers.

About the Role

At DoorDash, our product engineers implement and operate technological solutions to improve the experiences of our merchants, dashers, and consumers. From creating beautiful, user-friendly flows to crafting scalable backend architectures, we strive to deliver reliant, performant technology that delights our customers.

We believe interns are essential to our mission of attracting and retaining top talent. 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. As an intern, you will directly impact our business by collaborating with your team to solve real problems for our customers.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. to be considered for this position. F-1 students are eligible if they are using Curricular Practical Training (CPT). DoorDash does not support students on J-1 visas at this time.

The 2027 internship program will be hosted in person at a Doordash office in one of the following locations; New York, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Los Angeles and Seattle. You will have an opportunity to select your preferred location(s) during the application process.

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 from your mentor and team members

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 - Leadership Speaker series, social events – virtually and in-person

Present your summer learnings during a final presentation at the end of the internship

You are excited about an in person summer work experience

Here are some examples of past intern projects:

Collection of Summer 2024 Intern Projects

Summer 2024 Intern Projects Cont.

We’re excited about you because…

You are pursuing a B.S. or M.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, have no more than 2 years of full-time work experience, and are graduating between Fall 2027 to Summer 2028.You are available for a May or June 2027 start date (Internships are only hosted during the Summer)

You have experience working with databases (e.g., AWS, SQL, etc.)

You have a solid understanding of algorithms and data structures

You have proficient experience working with at least 1 object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Kotlin, etc.)

You have 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/organization, on-campus student organization leadership, technical teaching assistant roles, relevant extracurricular activities, or other technical experience.

Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below 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.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer 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 (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:

For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$107,400—$158,000 USD

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can