Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer Job at Boston Dynamics (Waltham)

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Search)

We are on a mission to build a reliable, fast, and scalable search for DoorDash....

Location

United States , San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA

Salary:

231200.00 - 340000.00 USD / Year

DoorDash

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
10+ years of industry experience, with a track record of leading large-scale, high-impact components and systems
Proven ability to drive multi-quarter technical roadmaps as a technical lead, with clear ownership of architectural decisions
Deep expertise in distributed systems and data pipelines at scale. Expertise in search infrastructure, including indexing and serving stack
Strong understanding of ML systems, embedding-based retrieval, model serving tradeoffs, and multi-stage ranking architectures
Strong technical intuition paired with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders
Humility and growth mindset, leading through expertise and collaboration, not hierarchy

Job Responsibility

Lead at scale: Serve as the uber tech lead for Search, providing technical vision and architectural direction across the entire organization. Own a multi-year roadmap that spans multiple services and teams powering mission-critical products at DoorDash
Architect the next-generation search stack: Drive the rebuild of core search infrastructure, including indexing pipelines, embedding-based retrieval, and ML ranker serving in latency-sensitive paths. This stack will power both consumer search and agentic commerce experiences at DoorDash scale
Influence across teams: Drive alignment across ML, Infrastructure, Product, and partner engineering teams. Mentor staff and senior engineers across the search org to raise the bar of technical excellence
Shape engineering culture: Set the technical bar for how the search org designs, ships, and operates large-scale systems, and define the patterns that will outlast any single project
Hands-on problem solving: Dig into complex distributed systems challenges, from low-latency serving to indexing freshness tradeoffs, and write code that moves the needle

What we offer

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
medical, dental, and vision benefits
11 paid holidays
disability and basic life insurance
family-forming assistance
mental health program

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