Senior Software Engineer II - Shopper Activation & Engagement

Instacart

Posted 2mo ago

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Lead design, architecture, and delivery of scalable services for shopper lifecycle
Set technical direction for domain migrations and platform modernization
Define patterns, interfaces, and standards for reliability, performance, and productivity
Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to shape roadmaps and metrics
Experiment, measure, and iterate to improve activation, engagement, and retention
Champion AI enablement by building internal tooling and automations
Integrate AI safely and measurably into the engineering lifecycle
Orchestrate cross-functional programs with R&D and business partners
Align stakeholders and deliver under tight timelines
Uplevel operational excellence (observability, incident response, SLAs/SLOs, performance tuning)
Mentor engineers through design reviews, documentation, and pair programming

7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale
3+ years architecting and owning distributed systems with high availability and low latency
Proficiency in Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
Hands-on experience with containers/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with data technologies (SQL/NoSQL, Redis, Kafka or Pub/Sub)
2+ years leading cross-functional technical initiatives with multiple teams and external dependencies
Hands-on experience integrating AI into the development lifecycle
Proven partnership with Product, Design, and Data Science to define requirements and ship user-facing features
Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating team practices
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience collaborating with Legal and Compliance on projects impacted by evolving labor or marketplace regulations
Experience applying AI in product features to improve user experience or operational efficiency
Vendor management experience, including evaluating partners and integrating third-party platforms or SDKs
Mobile app or mobile-first product experience
Familiarity with iOS/Android client-backend APIs, experimentation frameworks, and release cycles
Background in marketplaces, gig economy, logistics, or fintech/payments

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