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We're transforming the grocery industry

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

Instacart is a Flex First team

There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Overview

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will develop multiple new products from the ground up, tailored for various Instacart partners such as retailers and brands. Your role will involve shaping the product vision alongside close collaboration with end customers and the product team. Additionally, you will enhance the architectural framework to increase delivery speed and facilitate swift product development. You will also implement new processes to boost operational excellence, making use of AI tools to accelerate development. Furthermore, you will mentor a team of 5-8 engineers, supporting their professional growth and development.

About the Team

The Fulfillment organization at Instacart is responsible for all aspects of the order life cycle, both for full-service orders picked by Instacart shoppers and orders backed by Instacart’s white-label integration with retail partners.

Overview of the Fulfillment teams that are currently hiring:

Engagement Team: The Shopper Engagement team's mission is to help shoppers find meaningful, rewarding, and fair work opportunities to put money in their pockets and deliver top shelf service for customers. Operating within Instacart's broader Shopper organization, our team plays a critical role in enhancing marketplace performance, ensuring that our strategies lead to high-quality shopper engagements and efficient fulfillment solutions. 

About the Job

• Develop and implement core platform solutions for pioneering product launches that revolutionize the digital grocery landscape.
• Define and advance a three-year technological vision to enhance innovation and platform scalability.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to generate impactful ideas and insights.
• Analyze and refine our architecture to propose new systems that improve delivery and operational excellence.
• Establish new standards to improve the engineering quality of partner-centric products.
• Employ advanced AI toolsets to accelerate development processes.
• Mentor and nurture a team of engineers, promoting a culture of growth and excellence.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• Expertise in drafting vision and design documents.
• Strong proficiency in maintaining high standards for production services.
• Rapid coding skills and management of high-traffic production services.
• Experience engaging directly with product teams and customers.
• Proven ability to mentor a team, influencing a group of 5+ engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and deriving insights from complex data sets.
• Experience working across teams to champion platform solutions.
• Visionary thinker capable of generating transformative ideas.
• Expertise in leveraging AI to enhance delivery velocity and efficiency.

#LI-Remote

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.

Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.

For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ

$230,000—$242,500 USD

WA

$220,000—$232,000 USD

OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI

$211,000—$222,000 USD

All other states

$192,000—$202,000 USD