Staff Software Engineer

Instacart

Posted 1mo 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 in the team and broader org
Represent the team in cross-org technical discussions

10+ years of software development experience
Deep, hands-on expertise with Bazel
Experience with remote caching, remote build execution (RBE), and performance tuning of large build graphs
Strong production experience writing and operating Go services at scale
Experience with structuring large Go codebases (frameworks, dependency management, testing patterns, shared libraries)
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 driving direction, mentoring engineers, and influencing without direct authority

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Experience migrating a large codebase or monorepo to Bazel
Experience evolving an existing Bazel setup through major upgrades
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 for large engineering organizations

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