Staff Software Engineer, Bazel & Go

Instacart

Posted 14d ago

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Lead the technical direction for Instacart's Bazel build system
Lead the technical direction for our Go platform
Design and drive multi-quarter initiatives to improve build times, CI reliability, and local dev loop
Own developer experience metrics for owned systems
Partner with infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams to roll out changes
Set the technical bar for reliability, performance, upgrade cadence, and developer ergonomics
Mentor engineers and grow the community of Bazel and Go experts
Represent the team in cross-org technical discussions

10+ years of software development experience
Deep, hands-on expertise with Bazel
Strong production experience writing and operating Go services at scale
Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives with measurable impact
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Experience with distributed systems
Strong technical leadership
Experience migrating a large codebase or monorepo to Bazel
Experience owning or contributing to a Go framework, standard library, or service scaffolding
Experience defining and instrumenting developer productivity metrics
Experience at high-growth companies operating developer infrastructure

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

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