Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Instacart
CA$183-203k
Offers equity
More information about location
Online grocery marketplace & grocery tech platform
Be an early applicant
Online grocery marketplace & grocery tech platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$183-203k
Offers equity
More information about location
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're seeking someone eager to take ownership, skilled at addressing complex issues, and ready to explore innovative solutions to support the well-being of our teams and services."This version maintains the original meaning while fine-tuning the phrasing for improved clarity
- Proven experience in programming
- Robust knowledge of incident management processes and tools
- Exemplary troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks during high-stress situations
- Expertise in scaling application infrastructure for high availability
Desirable
- Proficient in Ruby or Go
- Experience with cloud platforms (eg, AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (eg, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Skill in risk assessment for foundational infrastructure changes
- Experience in monitoring system performance and trend analysis
What the job involves
- Join our team as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer II, where your expertise will play a crucial role in maintaining the backbone of our platform's operations
- You'll take on challenges directly, ensuring optimal performance and growth while fostering a culture that prioritizes diligent and effective reliability practices
- Develop scalable infrastructure strategies to ensure high availability, that align infrastructure planning with product roadmaps, and optimize cost, risk and performance with cloud providers
- Establish and lead incident management protocols and response plans to coordinate rapid responses, investigate root causes, prevent recurrence, and collaborate with security teams to test response readiness and address security risks
- Continuously monitor performance metrics and trends to proactively identify reliability risks. Regularly refine SLOs, SLIs, and Error Budgets to align with evolving standards and leverage data insights to propose improvement plans and suggest architectural updates to enhance system reliability
- Oversee regular system evaluations to pinpoint and refine process shortcomings and lead cross-functional projects that promote system optimization and minimize technical debt. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure system enhancements align with user requirements
- Design and deploy automation tools to streamline deployment and operations, ensuring seamless processes while overseeing the continuous enhancement of automation scripts and frameworks, and rigorously monitor automated systems for performance and reliability. Address and tackle issues in automated environments promptly to reduce disruptions
- Provide technical guidance to junior colleagues, fostering a collaborative culture for problem-solving and innovation. Organize and lead knowledge-sharing sessions and coordinate training in site reliability best practices to enhance team proficiency
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 900 retail banners across more than 75,000 locations.
Instacart's software offerings signify the company's focus on tech, designed to move it away from its dependence on the gig economy. To this end, the company has acquired FoodStorm, an order management system that powers end-to-end order-ahead and catering, integrating its technology into its enterprise suite. Despite an IPO in September 2023, market downturns have necessitated a 7% workforce cut in 2024, focused on middle management and creating a flatter organisational structure. With a new streamlined workforce, here's to hoping Instacart can maintain its momentum.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 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.
Share this job
View 66 more jobs at Instacart