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 About the Role
Join us as a Staff Software Engineer on the Checkout Experience team, where your expertise will be crucial in leading engineering initiatives to enhance the customer's checkout journey. You will oversee key systems responsible for processing over 250 million orders annually and generating more than $30 billion in GTV. Your work will directly impact our capacity to deliver exceptional service and maintain our platform's scalability and efficiency.
About the Team
The Checkout Experience team is pivotal in optimizing the final steps of our customers' shopping experience on Instacart. We are committed to delivering a seamless and straightforward checkout process that not only reinforces Instacart’s value proposition but also drives order conversions and Instacart+ membership growth. Our team thrives on innovation, continuously seeking new methods to tailor the checkout experience to meet diverse customer needs.
About the Job
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:
- Lead Initiatives: Spearhead projects across multiple departments to provide a top-tier Checkout Experience for our customers.
- System Design and Maintenance: Design, build, and maintain scalable and critical systems that support a high volume of transactions.
- Project Leadership: Guide engineering teams through the execution of crucial projects while promoting and maintaining high-quality standards.
- Technology Advocacy: Champion the integration of new technologies and methodologies to enhance system flexibility, resilience, and robustness.
- Mentoring: Provide mentorship to engineers, setting exemplary standards and best practices.
- Technical Vision: Develop and promote a concise technical strategy that addresses both immediate and long-term goals, aligning stakeholders with the vision.
About You
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science (CS) or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of experience in building and managing scalable platform solutions.
- Proven track record in leading the design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale, cross-functional systems.
- Excellent technical communication skills with a capacity to work effectively with engineering teams and cross-functional units.
- In-depth knowledge of systems architecture and service-oriented solutions.
- Demonstrated leadership in project management and engineer mentorship.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Ruby and/or Golang.
- Advanced understanding of asynchronous programming models including events, callbacks, promises, and async/await.
- Experience navigating and integrating various codebases and systems.
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ
$255,000—$283,000 USD
WA
$245,000—$272,000 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$234,000—$260,000 USD
All other states
$214,000—$235,000 USD
What the Team is Saying
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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
Our mission is to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. By joining Instacart at this stage of our growth you will be jumping into a high-impact, career-defining environment that is revolutionizing the way people shop for groceries
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