Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Instacart as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in developing groundbreaking products for our retail and brand partners. You will shape product vision, collaborate with customers and the product team, enhance architectural frameworks for faster delivery, and implement new processes using AI to accelerate development. This role also involves mentoring a team of 5-8 engineers. The position is remote and offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including equity grants. Instacart is a Flex First team, offering flexibility in work location. Currently, we are only hiring in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

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

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
• Remote work
• New hire equity grant
• Annual refresh grants
• Base pay range: $165,000 — $183,000 CAD