Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Instacart's inventory intelligence team as a Senior Software Engineer and build next-generation platforms for real-time inventory understanding and prediction. Collaborate with ML engineers, product teams, and data scientists to scale sophisticated models and data collection platforms. Design, build, and maintain high-quality backend applications, contributing to the roadmap while prioritizing scalability and reliability. Own and lead major product components, ensuring they meet internal and external expectations. Collaborate across teams to foster a unified approach to product development. The role is remote and offers competitive compensation and benefits, including equity grants.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience, with a strong record of project delivery
• Proficiency in backend languages, such as Ruby or Go
• A solid foundation in unit testing, systems observability, and problem-solving
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to lead and collaborate with a diverse set of functions across teams (MLEs, PMs, Product Engineers, etc.)
• Holds a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-quality backend applications
• Contribute to the development of our roadmap, prioritizing scalability, reliability, and our customers
• Own and lead major components of our product, ensuring they meet both internal standards and external expectations
• Collaborate across teams to foster a unified approach to product development, facilitating consensus and driving effective outcomes
• Responsible for the strategic planning and execution of projects you oversee, from inception to deployment and maintenance

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrates strong teamwork skills and is capable of clearly communicating ideas and fostering alignment across different departments
• Experience in building scalable solutions and architecture
• Familiarity with ML model development and iteration
• Experience bringing Go best practices to new and redeveloped services

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work
• This role is remote
• Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants