Senior Software Engineer II, Logistic Foundation
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InstacartGrocery Industry
U.S. and Canada, with a slight preference for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area or Toronto.Full-TimeSenior
Salary192000 - 242000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonArtificial IntelligenceRubyRuby on RailsGoPostgresRedis
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend software development experience delivering scalable, production systems end-to-end.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Ruby, Python, or Go.
- Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale distributed backend services with defined SLOs, on-call ownership, observability, and incident response.
- Proven track record independently leading complex, cross-functional projects with high ambiguity and hard external deadlines.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including authoring technical artifacts (e.g., ERDs, design docs) and coordinating launches with non-engineering stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with compliance-sensitive systems (e.g., pay systems, SOX, GDPR, government policy/labor regulations).
- Technical experience with Ruby on Rails, Python, Golang, Postgres, Redis, and AWS.
- Experience with geospatial systems, mapping, or multi-jurisdiction rule engines.
- Familiarity with marketplace or logistics domain problems.
- Proficiency in system performance optimization, including CPU utilization, load balancing, and latency reduction.
- Experience collaborating across teams to advocate for and land platform-wide solutions.
- Skilled at leveraging AI to enhance engineering velocity and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive complex platform workstreams end-to-end — from engineering design docs through implementation, launch coordination, war room monitoring, and ongoing support.
- Design, build, and operate high-quality, high-throughput distributed backend services with clear SLOs, robust observability, and well-run on-call/incident response practices.
- Analyze and refine service and data architectures; propose and lead new systems that improve reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Establish and champion engineering standards through rigorous design reviews, production readiness, on-call ownership, and continuous improvement of instrumentation and alerting.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, and Policy to deliver compliance-ready solutions across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks, balancing urgency with long-term maintainability.
- Drive the adoption of modern technologies and AI toolsets to accelerate development, improve quality, and increase delivery velocity; mentor peers and influence platform roadmaps.
- Contribute across critical fulfillment domains — earnings, pricing, routing, batching, matching, dispatch, and geospatial — delivering solutions that directly impact customers, shoppers, and partners.
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