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Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher

DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA
$204K - $299KOpen 102 daysEquityParental leaveLead and above

Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher is open at DoorDash USA in San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA. The posting gives a salary of $204K - $299K. Posted on Aug 4, 2026, and still on DoorDash USA’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.

About the role

DoorDash is building an AI Research org from the ground up, and we're hiring our founding researchers. This is not a role inside an existing team — it's a role that defines what the team becomes. You'll have an outsized influence on the research agenda, hiring, culture, infrastructure choices, and how research connects to the rest of DoorDash. DoorDash sits on a uniquely valuable substrate for AI research: a…

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