Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Instacart as a Senior Software Engineer and develop new products for various partners, shaping product vision and collaborating with customers and the product team. Enhance the architectural framework to increase delivery speed and facilitate swift product development. Implement new processes to boost operational excellence using AI tools. Mentor a team of 5-8 engineers, supporting their professional growth. This role is within the Enterprise Fulfillment organization, focused on enhancing partners' e-commerce revenue and contributing to Instacart's GTV growth. The position is remote, offering flexibility and competitive compensation and benefits. The role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.

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

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