GeoSpatial Engineer - DoorDash Air

The role

This geospatial software engineer will work at the intersection of software engineering and robotics. You will build geospatial data pipelines, analyze 3D environments, scale data infrastructure, and serve map data.

What you will do

• Build Geospatial Data Pipelines to ingest and process terrain, sensor logs, point clouds, and building footprints
• Develop spatial algorithms to classify terrain and detect obstacles
• Design and scale high-performance spatial data storage and retrieval systems
• Build high-performance map services to render 3D environments and fleet positions

Required qualifications

• 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
• Expert-level skills with PostGIS (or equivalent) for managing complex geometries and spatial relationships
• Ability to write logic to solve geometric problems

Nice to have

• Experience with Kotlin, Java, and/or Go
• Experience with distributed computing, such as spark
• 3D Point Cloud Expertise using tools like PDAL, PCL, or Python (Open3D/NumPy)

Benefits

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

About the company

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery. DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash.