About the Company
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart is a Flex First team. There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events.
Responsibilities
- Developing high-quality web applications and advanced AI systems integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), Computer Vision, and multimodal technologies to address complex business challenges relating to loss prevention, verification, and catalog management
- Architecting data pipelines and reverse ETL systems that combine on-cart computer vision, catalog and POS data, real-time location data, and inventory intelligence signals to automatically resolve item discrepancies
- Standardizing API contracts for complex retail functions including pricing, coupons, and loyalty systems across disparate retailer systems to accelerate new feature integrations
- Leading architectural design of backend systems and distributed infrastructure to process high volumes of data serving millions of customers and enhance platform performance
- Building frameworks and internal portals for automated integration testing, unified logging, and query-based debugging to support the rapid and continuous deployment integration of new retailers
- Leading cross-functional initiatives to unify development approaches and deliver impactful results for customer shopping experiences
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or foreign equivalent)
- 5 years of experience in the job offered or related
- 5 years of experience working with Java, Ruby, Kotlin, or similar backend programming languages
- 5 years of experience working with TypeScript, React, Next.js or frontend programming languages
- 5 years of experience working with advanced AI systems, such as LLMs, Computer Vision, and multimodal technologies
- 5 years of experience designing and implementing resilient backend systems and distributed infrastructure leveraging caching, retry logic, and asynchronous workflows using workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal
- 5 years of experience working with backend APIs
- 5 years of experience architecting data pipelines and ETL systems for real-time data processing
- 5 years of experience working with monitoring and observability tools
Conditions
- This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location.
- Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role.
- Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.