Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Instacart as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in modernizing FoodStorm's on-demand ordering platform. You will contribute to rearchitecting the system using a service-oriented architecture (SOA), focusing on building efficient and scalable solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including an international team in Australia. This role demands strong ownership, problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to technical challenges. The FoodStorm team is focused on high-impact projects, providing solutions for seamless order management and partner integrations. This is a remote position with a competitive compensation and benefits package, including equity grants.

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems and distributed architectures
• Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Python, Java, C#, or similar
• Strong hands-on experience with backend development and system integration
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems in a collaborative environment
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience working across time zones (including ~2-hour overlap with Australia)
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality results

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to the rearchitecture of FoodStorm’s platform, focusing on scalability and maintainability through a service-oriented approach
• Implement high-quality software solutions to enable seamless integration between FoodStorm and Instacart’s systems
• Conduct hands-on coding, technical problem-solving, and system optimization
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers across teams to ensure alignment on technical strategy and implementation
• Partner with the Australia-based engineering team, ensuring effective collaboration during overlapping work hours (~2 hours daily)
• Provide technical mentorship to peers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement
• Help identify and implement best practices to improve the team’s efficiency and system performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with .NET Core, SOA patterns, and API integrations is a plus
• Experience working on system modernization or large-scale technical migrations (e.g., monolithic to SOA)
• Experience with front-end web development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of grocery retail, catering, or enterprise platform technologies
• A commitment to developing and deploying reliable, performant tools that deliver excellent partner and customer experiences

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
• For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below
• $224,000 — $249,000 CAD