GeoSpatial Engineer - DoorDash Air
- Salary
- $193,800 - $285,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 29 October 2026.
About the role
About the Team
DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We're hiring a geospatial software engineer to work at the intersection of software engineering and robotics to solve key business problems with elegant technical solutions. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions to a service loved by millions of people, then we want to talk to you!
DoorDash USA's standard text
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...
- Build Geospatial Data Pipelines: Ingest and process data like terrain, sensor logs, point clouds, and building footprints.
- Analyze Complex 3D Environments: Develop spatial algorithms to classify terrain and detect obstacles, ensuring safe and reliable navigation for autonomous delivery systems.
- Scale Data Infrastructure: Design and scale high-performance spatial data storage and retrieval systems to handle the growing throughput demands of our expanding fleet.
- Serve and Visualize Map Data: Build high-performance map services (Vector Tiles, APIs) to render complex 3D environments and fleet positions in our web-based mission control dashboards.
We're excited about you because you have...
- B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 6+ years of industry experience as a geospatial engineer.
- Experience with scientific Python and geospatial data science.
- Knowledge of Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) and associated transformations.
- Spatial Database Proficiency: Expert-level skills with PostGIS (or equivalent) for managing complex geometries and spatial relationships.
- Algorithmic Mindset: You are comfortable writing logic to solve geometric problems (e.g., "Does this 3D trajectory intersect with this static obstacle?").
Nice to Have
Experience with these technologies is not required but helpful.
- Experience with Kotlin, Java, and/or Go.
- Experience with distributed computing, such as spark.
- 3D Point Cloud Expertise: Experience using tools like PDAL, PCL, or Python (Open3D/NumPy) to process and analyze raw LiDAR data.
Compensation
The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash USA's standard text
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.
$193,800—$285,000 USD
DoorDash USA's standard text
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 help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
DoorDash USA's standard text
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash.
We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only
DoorDash USA's standard text
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What this role asks for
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
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47% of this description is written for the role. The rest is DoorDash USA's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with DoorDash USA's other open jobs.
The team: Autonomy HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 36 open in Autonomy. 12 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (14 of 36), Embedded Systems (14 of 36), Python (14 of 36), SQL (5 of 36), C (4 of 36), Linux (4 of 36), PCB Design (4 of 36)
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- Mechanical Engineering, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) posted Oct 22
- Mechanical Engineer - Engineer, Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic posted Oct 21
- Staff Software Engineer, Planner posted Oct 20
- Radio Frequency Hardware Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Product Manager Airspace & Autonomy - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Electrical Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Electrical Engineer - Consumer Electronics posted Oct 16
- Mechanical Engineer, Consumer Electronics posted Oct 14
- Electrical Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) posted Oct 12
- Software Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) posted Oct 8
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Sep 29
- Autonomy Platform Engineer posted Sep 23
- Software Engineer, Visualization Tools | DoorDash Labs posted Sep 18
- Hardware Engineer - Electronics Packaging & Vehicle Integration posted Sep 11
- Hardware Systems Engineer posted Aug 25
- PCB Layout Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Aug 12
- Senior Mixed-Signal / Analog Hardware Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Aug 12
- Senior Mechanical Design Engineer — Electric Motors, DoorDash Air posted Aug 11
- Embedded Software Engineer (Firmware) - DoorDash Air posted Aug 11
- Flight Test Engineer, DoorDash Air posted Jul 23
- Senior Reliability Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Jul 20
- Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Staff Simulation Engineer - Foundry, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer posted Jun 17
- Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics posted Jun 15
- Staff Systems Engineer, DoorDash Air posted Jun 4
- Senior Systems Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Jun 4
- Senior/Staff Deep Reinforcement Learning Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Mar 25
- Electrical Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Mar 18
- Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager (Hardware) - DoorDash Dot posted Feb 12
- Manufacturing Quality Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Dec 22
- Robotics Software Engineer - Labs, DoorDash Air posted Mar 6
- Software Engineer, Backend - DoorDash Air posted Feb 3
From the team and dates on DoorDash USA's own job board.
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