Software Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027) - TOR

Role Overview

What You Will Do

• Develop, maintain, and ship technical elements with support from a mentor, manager, and team members.
• Act on feedback, coaching, and mentorship from mentors and team members.
• Actively learn about the technical elements to which you contribute.
• Collaborate with the team to solve customer problems and make a direct business impact.
• Participate in leadership speaker series and virtual and in-person intern social events.
• Present summer learnings in a final presentation.

Required Qualifications

• Be pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field.
• Have no more than two years of full-time work experience.
• Graduate between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028.
• Be available for a May or June 2027 start date; internships are hosted during summer only.
• Have experience working with databases, such as AWS or SQL.
• Have a solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Have proficient experience with at least one object-oriented programming language, such as Python, Java, or Kotlin.
• Have experience writing clean code, working with version control, and conducting unit testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous software engineering internship or equivalent relevant experience is preferred.
• Experience using AI-powered tools responsibly for software development, problem solving, and learning is preferred.
• Experience improving system efficiency, scalability, and stability is preferred.
• Interest in developing, releasing, and operating large-scale web applications is preferred.
• Experience with systems monitoring, live deployments, and continuous integration is preferred.
• Experience with real-time technology problems is preferred.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture, APIs, and system design is preferred.
• Technical projects, research, hackathons, conferences, student leadership, teaching assistant roles, or relevant extracurricular activities are preferred.

Work Location

• The internship is hosted onsite at the DoorDash office in Toronto, Ontario.
• The posting describes an in-person summer work experience.