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DoorDash Mobile Software Engineer (Android), Trust & Safety in São Paulo, Brazil
About the Team
DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics engine for delivery! Join our growing engineering team in our brand-new São Paulo engineering hub to develop secure, trustworthy, and safe marketplaces for consumers, merchants, and dashers.
About the Role
We’re looking for an Android Software Engineer with a passion for innovation to help build features that enhance Trust and Safety across our platform. Your work will focus on ensuring authenticity, eligibility, compliance and safe experiences for millions of users.
You’ll collaborate with a high-caliber, international team of engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver impactful solutions. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including Gen AI, you’ll contribute to making one of the world’s largest gig platforms safer and more reliable.
Quick Fact: Recently, the Trust & Safety team achieved a significant reduction in post-delivery safety incidents by using AI to monitor conversations between consumers and dashers. This means we will protect thousands of users from seeing inappropriate messages on their phones each year.
More details:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/doordashs-new-ai-powered-safechat-tool-automatically-detects-verbal-abuse/
https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/launches-new-ai-powered-feature
https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/topic/safety
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
Build, release, and maintain large-scale Android applications delivering seamless experiences to millions of users worldwide.
Design and implement Trust and Safety features that enhance authenticity, compliance, and user protection.
Collaborate closely with backend teams to ensure smooth integration and excellent user experiences.
Optimize app performance, reliability, observability and scalability.
We're excited about you because you have...
B.S., M.S., or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.
5+ years of industry experience developing mobile apps.
Proficiency in Kotlin and the Android ecosystem (Android SDK, frameworks, APIs).
Familiarity with modern Android development practices (Jetpack libraries).
Solid understanding of asynchronous programming (Coroutine).
A track record of building, launching, and iterating on Android apps.
Nice To Haves
Knowledge of app security best practices (e.g., secure storage, API protection).
Experience handling sensitive user data and ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR.
What to Expect
Interviews conducted in English to support our global team.
A hybrid environment with flexibility to collaborate in our São Paulo hub.
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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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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