DoorDash
Technology
StaffMachineLearningEngineer,FulfillmentPlanning
“Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning at DoorDash. Skills: Machine Learning, Production Systems, Logistics Optimization, Architecture. Lead design, development, deployment of ML systems. Own ML systems for assignment, fulfillment estimation”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve customer experience; Improve merchant outcomes; Improve Dasher efficiency; Improve DoorDash profitability; Improve fulfillment quality; Reduce fulfillment cost; Improve delivery quality; Improve delivery cost; Improve logistics efficiency
Industry & Context.
Operating in ambiguous problem spaces; Turning 0→1 ideas into production systems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of industry experience building and deploying production-scale machine learning systems, Machine learning fundamentals, Fluent in Python, Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks, Designed, launched, and operated mission-critical ML models or systems in production, Lead complex technical projects end to end, Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, Comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces, Built or shipped large-scale ML models for recommendation, ads, marketplace, logistics, or other domains, Experience with knowledge distillation from large teacher models into efficient production models
Nice to Have
Deep learning frameworks
What You'll Do.
deployment of ML systems
Own ML systems for assignment
fulfillment estimation
Improve delivery quality
Contribute to batching
fulfillment execution
Set modeling standards
Set deployment standards
Mentor other engineers
Shape ML application in logistics
Define AI vision for logistics
Build foundational ML systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with Product, Data Science, Engineering, Platform teams; Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, Platform Engineering; Highly cross-functional environment
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
Lead complex technical projects end to end
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