Staff Software Engineer – Core Shopping

November 11

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Instacart

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eCommerce • Transport • Retail

Instacart is a company that offers a flexible approach to work while transforming the grocery industry. It provides an essential service by delivering groceries and household goods to customers' doors in as little as 30 minutes. Instacart offers safe and flexible earning opportunities to personal shoppers and tackles challenges such as rerouting deliveries during snowstorms and connecting customers with coupons and deals. It aims to be the operating system for the grocery industry, thus helping customers save time for other activities. Instacart emphasizes diversity, equity, and belonging in its work culture.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🛍️ eCommerce

🚗 Transport

🛒 Retail

💰 $232M Venture Round on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Conduct engineering reviews to ensure high standards across all projects. • Identify unifying patterns and systems, improving architectural coherence and efficiency. • Architect and implement service-oriented solutions to address systemic issues. • Mentor junior engineers, fostering growth and technical excellence. • Align and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions and drive technical strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior engineering role with a focus on architecture and system design. • Strong proficiency in coding and ability to engage in complex problem-solving. • Experience designing and working on systems utilized by more than 30 engineers. • Ability to lead engineering reviews and provide guidance to team members. • Exceptional communication skills to influence and drive technical strategy. • Previous experience in building scalable, reliable systems in a fast-paced environment. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field. • Experience working alongside machine learning, product, and design teams. • Previous experience in Search, Recommendations and Personalization technologies and industry trends. Experiencing building platforms in this space supporting feature teams is a meaningful advantage. • Experience with Postgres/MySQL and OpenSearch is a plus. • A deep understanding of the online grocery or e-commerce sector.

🏖️ Benefits

• highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location