Software Engineer, Instacart

• Recent degree in a technology discipline such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• 2-4 years of work experience post-graduation in a technology field
• Experience working with distributed systems
• A strong sense of ownership and intellectual curiosity to understand problems in depth
• Previous experience building features end to end or publishing your own app
• Prior experience with Python, Ruby, React, PostgreSQL, Go
• Excellent collaborator who is able to work with teammates to objectively problem-solve
• Growth mindset - seeks and is receptive to actionable feedback and growth opportunities
• Takes accountability seriously; able to deliver responsibilities on time and on budget
• Self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work in small teams with significant ownership and autonomy

Desirable

• From re-routing deliveries during snowstorms, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating billions of data points flowing through hundreds of systems, to optimizing the complex value balance between 4 key stakeholders (consumers, retailers, brands, and shoppers), our engineering efforts build cutting edge systems and technologies that collective provide a state-of-the-art operating system for the grocery industry
• We tackle big problems in distributed systems, data management, AI / ML including leveraging the best of Generative AI, quantitative optimization, UX and product building, and more - see our Tech Blog for a sample of the kind of exciting engineering problems we tackle on a daily basis
• Building with Instacart Engineering means turning all these deep technical problems into real solutions and features that your friends and family will see and use
• Design, build, validate, and ship high quality product features with a strong sense of urgency, efficiency, and ownership
• Work closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and peer engineering teams to define project requirements and execution plans
• Ensure that system designs including APIs, deployment architecture, and dependency selection result in highly scalable, robust solutions that minimize support costs and improve an outstanding customer experience
• Contribute broadly to Instacart’s success by exercising your freedom to suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives
• Work within a team that manages petabytes of data used by hundreds of people across the company for the core product, machine learning, reporting, analysis, and much more
• Design, develop, and maintain highly efficient data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and delivering data from various sources
• Design and build data models and work together with application engineers to ensure the collection of high quality data