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Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure - Generative AI at DoorDash USA

Department: 313 Infrastructure EngineeringEducation: education_optional

Compensation

$137,100 – $201,600/yr

Location
San Francisco, California · Sunnyvale, California · +1
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

DoorDash is hiring a Senior Generative AI Platform Engineer to lead the design and architecture of an open-weights model platform covering real-time GPU serving, high-throughput batch inference, model fine-tuning, GPU autoscaling, backend services, observability, and cost controls. The role owns technical direction across model serving and inference engines, mentors engineers, and partners with ML, product, data science, and platform teams. Candidates need a computer science degree or equivalent, at least six years of software engineering experience, strong backend and distributed-systems expertise, and production experience with LLM inference and fine-tuning. The role offers a base salary of $137,100–$299,300 USD depending on location and level, plus equity and benefits.

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