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Mobile Eight Things We Learned from Implementing Payments in the DoorDash Android App

Avoid challenges in user experience, payment methods and fraud when implementing payments to an android with these 8 learnings.

Harsh Alkutkar

12 Minute Read

Backend Mobile

Improving Development Velocity with Generic, Server-Driven UI Components

Learn how Generic server driven UI enabled faster iterations and more experimentation on the DoorDash platform

Ashwin Kachhara

Alice Hyun

Afshin Dehghani 27 Minute Read

Backend Mobile Web

Overcoming Localization Challenges for International Expansions

DoorDash defined four key challenges to getting its platform ready for an international launch.

Noah Zempsky

Ethan Myers

Siddhartha Kakarla

Winston Zhao

Bryan Huang

Xilin Liu 18 Minute Read

Mobile Web

Building Chat Into the DoorDash App to Improve Deliveries

Learn how we overcame the technical challenges of implementing chat quickly and efficiently for all our Dasher and consumer applications.

Marina Mukhina 9 Minute Read

Mobile

Launching Dark Mode While Building a Scalable Design System

A large number of our DoorDash deliveries happen during the evening and in late night hours. Dashers, our delivery partners, were finding it really hard to use the Dasher app because the app’s bright screens did not adapt to the lower lighting conditions. The abundance of white in the design meant that critical information, such ...

Pradeep Devarabetta Mallikarjun

Laura Rodriguez

Gerardo Diaz 32 Minute Read

Mobile

Building Multiple Distinctly Branded iOS Apps from a Single Codebase

A scalable solution for supporting multiple iOS apps means leveraging a common app library and design language system.

David Phan 15 Minute Read

Backend Culture Data General Machine Learning Mobile Web

2020 Hindsight: Building Reliability and Innovating at DoorDash

DoorDash recaps a number of its engineering highlights from 2020, including its microservices architecture, data platform, and new frontend development.

WayneCunningham 8 Minute Read

Mobile Web

Implementing Theming in DoorDash’s Design Language System

Adding the concept of Theming to DoorDash's design language system made it easier for engineers to use standardized design elements in all of our products.

Lindsey Menges 20 Minute Read

Mobile

A Framework For Speedy and Scalable Development Of Android UI Tests

Learn how a Fluent design pattern can help create easy to read, scaleable, automated UI tests for Android development

Nishant Soni 12 Minute Read

Mobile

Avoiding Conditional Navigation Pitfalls When Implementing the Android Navigation Library

Learn how we we were able to utilize the Android Navigation library without sacrificing user experience

Maria Sharkina 9 Minute Read

Mobile

Our “Tech Stack” in the Android Dasher App

DoorDash has been on a hiring binge since the company was founded, often doubling or tripling in size each year. Over the last 2-3 years, this was particularly true for our Android teams as the platform has become more critical to the company. We’ve been aggressively growing our Android teams and will continue to do ...

Martin Beechen 11 Minute Read

Mobile

[Series] How I Spend My Time – iOS Mobile Product Engineer

Since joining DoorDash about a year and a half ago, I have been able to work on a number of teams as an iOS engineer such as Dasher, Drive, Geo-Intelligence, and Internationalization. I’ve built core flows for our delivery process, merchant specific features such as Catering Setup and Parking Stalls, and a number of required ...

Raza Padhani 3 Minute Read

Culture Mobile

Why I Chose to Join DoorDash as an iOS Engineer

Here at DoorDash, I work as a mobile engineer and I have been interviewing candidates for about a year now. I often get asked why I joined DoorDash so I thought I would expand on that in a blogpost. I joined DoorDash on July 23rd, 2018 and I did so because we’re solving the logistics ...

Raza Padhani 2 Minute Read