Senior Software Engineer, Instacart
Commerce Platform
$162-217k
Salary dependent on location. + New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
Job no longer available
Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$162-217k
Salary dependent on location. + New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and have more time to enjoy it together.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a senior engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and has a passion for system design
- If you're a big-picture thinker who enjoys working on high-impact projects, this is the role for you!
- If you're a fan of numbers and enjoy tackling intricate, high-impact problems, this is the role for you
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- 5+ years with back-end development
- 3+ years with system design and architecture
- Proficient in backend languages like Ruby, Python, Java
- Experienced working with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MySQL
- Experienced using caching mechanisms like Memcached or Redis
- Experience with high scale throughput and distributed systems problems
- Strong ownership mindset
Desirable
- Expertise in invoicing and billing processes within an e-commerce environment
- This includes being familiar with customer invoices, resolving discrepancies, and managing invoicing cycles
- Familiarity with relevant invoicing regulations and tax requirements is beneficial
- Experience with order management systems (OMS) or eCommerce platforms that handle the end-to-end order lifecycle
- Understanding of the overall eCommerce operations and processes involved in managing customer orders, from the point of placing an order to delivery
- Understanding of various payment systems and methods used in eCommerce, including credit/debit cards, digital wallets, mobile payments, and alternative payment solutions
- Familiarity with payment gateways and payment service providers (PSPs) is also valuable
- Experience in eCommerce discounting, including a solid understanding of discount strategies and promotional campaigns
- Good knowledge of pricing strategies, discount structures and ability to analyze the financial impact of different discount scenarios and make data-driven decisions
What the job involves
- As a core part of the Orders team, you will help build the robust platform that orchestrates all commerce on Instacart
- Our mission is to ensure seamless, reliable workflows across diverse use cases and fulfillment models while supporting new experiences for our customers, shoppers, and retail partners
- The Orders team is the orchestrator of Instacart’s Commerce platform, requiring deep knowledge of cross-functional domains and systems across the company
- As a part of the Invoicing team, you will help build the robust platform that orchestrates all financial workflows behind commerce on Instacart
- Our mission is to ensure a reliable, compliant, and flexible platform that supports totals and reconciliations, taxes, and innovative funding methods like loyalty points
- The Invoicing team serves as the source of truth for Instacart's financial and regulatory systems, demanding deep cross-functional knowledge and system expertise across the company
- Implement robust back-end services and APIs, writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Optimize applications for peak performance and scalability
- Validate the technical feasibility of system designs and contribute actively to all development lifecycle phases
- Focus on operational excellence with strong test coverage, monitoring, intuitive metrics, and alerting
- Design scalable and low-latency back-end architectures for high-volume incentive processing systems
- Develop solutions that are extensible and can support new business initiatives effectively
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of project goals and schedules
- Ruby on Rails framework using Sorbet for strong-typing
- Client-facing flexible APIs exposed via GraphQL
- Postgres and Snowflake backend relational data stores
- Temporal workflow
- Async durable event handling infrastructure including async RPC via AWS SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ
- Caching and durable job dispatching using Memcached and Redis
- Auto-scaling elastic service deployments built on AWS ECS, ALBs, and supporting cloud services
- Rich monitoring and alerting infrastructure built on AWS Cloud Watch, DataDog, Sentry, OpsGenie, and supporting services
- Any new integrations you will research, propose, implement, and deploy!
Our take
Instacart is an online grocery marketplace that operates a pick-up and delivery system in the US and Canada. Unlike standard grocery shopping, Instacart sends a “personal shopper” to your local store to buy your products, who then delivers them straight to your door on the same day via their own car. The company also supplies the Instacart Platform, with services for stores encompassing eCommerce, fulfilment, in-store, ads, and insights.
The increased modernization of society has meant more than ever that consumers are looking to buy their groceries online, making space for apps like Instacart to become daily life staples for years to come. Although the company must compete with other grocery store delivery services, such as Walmart’s own, it has expanded to cover large percentages of US and Canadian households, and is now aligned with over 1,500 retail banners across more than 85,000 locations.
With an expanding partnership with Kroger, Instacart continues to demonstrate why it's a leader in the gorcery delivery space. By powering fast, reliable delivery from neary 2,700 stores and introducing tools like the AI-powered Cart Assistant, Instacart isn't just enhanceing the way millions of families shop but also shaping the future of personalized, convenient grodery expericnes. This deepening collaboration underscores Instacart's ability to drive growth and deliver value to both customers and partners.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 15 rounds)
Nov 2021
$232m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$265m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.9bn
Company benefits
- Wellness Tailored to You: Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life & disability coverage right alongside physical & mental wellness programs, memberships and stipends to keep you and your family feeling your best.
- Family Building Benefits: No matter where you are in your family journey, we support you. Our plans cover modern family planning for all. We offer leave for all parents, flexible working schedules and an active Parents@ community.
- Work From Home Stipend: We help outfit your WFH setup and offer reimbursements so you can be your most productive while at home.
- Flexible Time Off: We all recharge differently. Take the time you need with our flexible time off policy and company-wide Self-Checkouts where we encourage everyone to sign off.
- Learning & Development: Whether you're just starting your career or leading teams, we provide customized L&D programs to help you grow and an annual allowance to pursue your development.
- Future Planning: We have you covered as you plan for your future. 401(k) matching in the US and RRSP in Canada, student loan assistance through Peanut Butter, free Rocket Lawyer membership, SoFi & First Republic financial planning and more.
- Four Year Fill-Up: We encourage our tenured employees to take longer breaks and truly unplug by doing something they love – typically four consecutive weeks around the four year mark.
- Community Connection: Support the communities you care about with volunteer weeks and get involved with our social impact program, Instacart Serves.
- Instacart Express Membership: We help keep your fridge stocked. Unlock grocery discounts with our Instacart Beta app while testing our latest features.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Apoorva Mehta
(Co-Founder & Chairman)Studied Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo. Worked in Fulfillment Optimisation SDE at Amazon.com before going on to co-found Instacart.
Brandon Leonardo
(Co-Founder)Interned at Cisco Systems as an IT Engineer. Later became a Senior Web Developer at Webs and then a Venture Hacker at Angel List.
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