Senior Android Design Technologist, Instacart
$162-217k
This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Salary dependent on location
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
This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Salary dependent on 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
- 7+ years of experience building and shipping high-quality Android applications with a strong focus on UI development and visual polish
- Expert-level proficiency in Jetpack Compose, with deep knowledge of layout systems, animation APIs, and accessibility tooling
- Proven track record of translating design specifications into precise, scalable implementations that maintain visual fidelity across screen sizes and states
- Comfortable developing with accessibility best practices, including TalkBack support, color contrast, focus behavior, and touch target sizing
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, especially when bridging conversations between design and engineering stakeholders
- Demonstrated attention to detail in UI implementation, with a portfolio or code samples that show precision, consistency, and visual refinement
- Highly collaborative mindset, with experience working in tight feedback loops with designers, and a bias toward “show, don’t tell” when communicating design trade-offs
Desirable
- Prior experience as a design engineer or systems engineer embedded within or closely supporting a design org
- Experience building, maintaining, or extending a design system on Android, including component architecture, token theming, and variant handling
- Familiarity with motion and interaction design tools such as Rive, Lottie, or custom animation engines—bonus if you've led a transition between platforms
- Experience using or contributing to design-to-code tools, such as Figma Plugins, Cursor, Relay, or similar
- Strong grasp of front-of-screen performance optimizations, including frame rendering, transitions, and touch latency, especially in animation-heavy UIs
- Passion for rapid prototyping and concept validation, especially using hardware or sensor integration (e.g., camera, weight sensor, motion input)
- A strong point of view on how design and engineering can partner effectively, and experience creating tools, processes, or documentation that empower designers to self-serve where appropriate
What the job involves
- We are seeking an Android Design Engineer to play a central role in building out the next generation of Instacart's design system components and infrastructure
- In this position, you will work with a high-performing, collaborative, cross-functional, and friendly team to help scale our mission of providing access to the food people love and more time to enjoy it together
- You will develop mobile components, provide elegant solutions to help engineers create great experiences, and collaborate closely with designers and engineers
- The Instacart Design Team is dedicated to making grocery shopping effortless for everyone and finding solutions to large-scale opportunities that will forever change the way people feed themselves and their loved ones
- The Design System team works to create reusable components and patterns that enable feature teams to build consistent, high-quality user experiences quickly and efficiently
- Develop our next version of Instacart Design System’s Android components
- Provide elegant, simple solutions that help engineers create great experiences at high velocity
- Collaborate with engineering peers to design elegant and consistent component APIs
- Focus on the details of developer experience to make using the Instacart Design System absolutely frictionless
- Engage with designers daily to co-create the best possible components and patterns
- Support Instacart's Android engineering team with best-in-class documentation/support
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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