Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Instacart

Posted 3mo ago

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Design and deliver next-generation platform in Go
Partner with SRE, Security, Infra, and product engineering teams
Define best practices and accelerate developer productivity
Raise reliability and performance bar across the company
Design, build, and evolve Go platform components
Define and socialize engineering standards for APIs, RPC/gRPC, configuration, observability, security, and resiliency
Improve developer productivity through better build/test pipelines, reproducible local dev, CI/CD workflows, and automation
Advance reliability and performance by enabling robust telemetry, profiling, load testing, and capacity planning
Lead migrations and modernization efforts
Collaborate with SRE to enhance runtime operations for Go services
Provide technical leadership, documentation, and enablement
Participate in on-call rotations for platform-owned services

5+ years of experience in backend software engineering building distributed systems or platforms
3+ years of hands-on production experience with Go
Proficiency with service-oriented architectures using gRPC and/or REST
Experience operating services on a major cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Strong foundations in reliability and performance: observability, profiling, benchmarking, and incident/on-call experience
Track record of owning platform components used by multiple teams
Proficiency with CI/CD and build systems
Working knowledge of service security best practices
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience with service mesh and traffic management
Deep expertise in Go performance tuning
Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing
Background in building internal developer platforms
Experience with data streaming and async systems
Familiarity with API gateways, rate limiting, and multi-region or high-availability architectures
Ability to drive cross-functional initiatives, influence standards, and mentor engineers

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