Senior Android Engineer, Instacart
Shopper Activation and Engagement
CA$168-177.5k
+ New hire equity grant
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Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
Be an early applicant
Online grocery marketplace and grocery tech platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$168-177.5k
+ New hire equity grant
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
- 5+ years of professional Android development experience with Kotlin
- 2+ years building consumer-facing, application-layer features used at scale (e.g., activation, onboarding, engagement, growth, or earnings experiences)
- Proficiency with RxJava and Dagger; working knowledge of Jetpack Compose in production or migration contexts
- Proven track record of owning features end-to-end (technical design, implementation, testing, release, and iteration) and delivering measurable impact
- Experience collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Data Science to define requirements, instrumentation, and success metrics
- Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency) and a BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Desirable
- Experience with Kotlin Coroutines, Gradle build tooling, and modern Android architectural patterns (e.g., MVVM/MVI, modularization)
- Background in high-scale consumer marketplaces, logistics, or growth/engagement domains (e.g., onboarding, retention, earnings, ratings, recognition, trust & safety)
- Hands-on experience with experimentation and analytics (A/B testing, feature flags, metrics dashboards; SQL or BigQuery a plus)
- Demonstrated success in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments with a bias toward ownership, operational rigor, and high-quality execution
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team standards in code quality, testing, and observability
What the job involves
- Instacart’s Shopper Activation and Engagement team powers the fulfillment of every grocery transaction by helping shoppers find meaningful, rewarding, and fair work opportunities—so they can earn reliably and deliver top-shelf service for customers and retailers
- As a Senior Mobile Engineer focused on our Android shopper app, you will build consumer-facing experiences that directly influence marketplace health, including supply, utilization, efficiency, and quality
- You’ll join a high-performing, collaborative team that owns the complete shopper lifecycle—from activation and onboarding to engagement, earnings, quality and ratings, recognition, retention, and safety—giving you exceptional scope and measurable impact on millions of people who shop and deliver every day
- You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and cross-functional groups across Instacart (Logistics, Mobile Foundations, Transaction Platform, Identity & Fraud, Operations, Legal, Trust & Safety, CRM, Learning, and the Shopper Community) to design, ship, and iterate features that move key business outcomes at scale
- Design, build, and ship high-quality Android features in Kotlin that drive shopper activation, engagement, retention, and earnings across the shopper lifecycle
- Own features end-to-end—from ideation and technical design through implementation, experimentation, launch, and ongoing iteration—balancing velocity with reliability and quality
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data Science to define problem statements, build metrics and dashboards, run A/B tests, and make data-informed decisions that improve marketplace health (supply, utilization, efficiency, quality)
- Contribute to and evolve app architecture, ensuring scalable patterns, robust dependency injection, and maintainable code that improves developer productivity and release reliability
- Uplevel operational excellence by improving performance, stability, monitoring, and observability; participate in code reviews and contribute to our engineering best practices
- Partner with platform and service teams to integrate APIs and ensure security, privacy, trust, and safety are first-class considerations in every experience
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.
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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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