About the role
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we're building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There's no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it's from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Instacart has become a vital service for millions, and we're assembling a team to lead the future of online grocery shopping. We're seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide the redesign and re-platforming of our core systems, with a focus on Personalization, Content Platform, Recommender Systems, and Feeds. Join us to play a crucial role in pushing the boundaries of innovation in the Instacart App and Website. As the driving force behind key shopping functions that impact millions globally, you will work closely with the Home, Storefront, Search and Discovery teams. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table and be part of our transformative journey.
About the Role
As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role within our Core Shopping Team, driving engineering initiatives and architectural decisions across multiple teams in Instacart's Online Grocery Pillar. You will engage in hands-on coding to design and develop the next generation serving stack and services supporting the Instacart product. In this role, you'll be expected to conduct engineering reviews to ensure high standards, and identify unifying patterns and systems to enhance architectural coherence. Your leadership will influence teams across the organization towards a platform-oriented approach, fostering innovation and efficiency. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including machine learning, product, and design, you will establish and drive our technical vision, ensuring alignment on product vision and delivering impactful solutions.
About the Team
Join a dynamic team at the heart of Instacart's success, leading the core shopping experience that millions of users rely on. This team owns the main Instacart customer facing products and all underlying systems powering it. We are obsessive about perfecting every aspect of the customer shopping journey on the app, encompassing UX formats, feeds, algorithms, personalization, recommender engines, and ranking systems to deliver an exceptional experience. Our team thrives on collaborative problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.
About the Job
- 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.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
#LI-Remote
About Instacart
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
About the role
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we're building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There's no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it's from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Instacart has become a vital service for millions, and we're assembling a team to lead the future of online grocery shopping. We're seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide the redesign and re-platforming of our core systems, with a focus on Personalization, Content Platform, Recommender Systems, and Feeds. Join us to play a crucial role in pushing the boundaries of innovation in the Instacart App and Website. As the driving force behind key shopping functions that impact millions globally, you will work closely with the Home, Storefront, Search and Discovery teams. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table and be part of our transformative journey.
About the Role
As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role within our Core Shopping Team, driving engineering initiatives and architectural decisions across multiple teams in Instacart's Online Grocery Pillar. You will engage in hands-on coding to design and develop the next generation serving stack and services supporting the Instacart product. In this role, you'll be expected to conduct engineering reviews to ensure high standards, and identify unifying patterns and systems to enhance architectural coherence. Your leadership will influence teams across the organization towards a platform-oriented approach, fostering innovation and efficiency. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including machine learning, product, and design, you will establish and drive our technical vision, ensuring alignment on product vision and delivering impactful solutions.
About the Team
Join a dynamic team at the heart of Instacart's success, leading the core shopping experience that millions of users rely on. This team owns the main Instacart customer facing products and all underlying systems powering it. We are obsessive about perfecting every aspect of the customer shopping journey on the app, encompassing UX formats, feeds, algorithms, personalization, recommender engines, and ranking systems to deliver an exceptional experience. Our team thrives on collaborative problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.
About the Job
- 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.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
#LI-Remote
About Instacart
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.