We're transforming the grocery industry
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. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting
complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community.
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 has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the
team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work
of your life, come join our table.
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. Learn more about our
flexible approach to where we work. [https://instacart.careers/remote/]
Overview
About the Role
The Inventory Intelligence team brings together Instacart’s expansive presence
in grocery stores with advanced technologies like computer vision to gather data
and insights into on-shelf inventory. We aim to leverage those insights to
dramatically increase Instacart’s understanding of global stock movement and to
power services that unlock value for us and our partners.
As a Senior Engineer II on the Inventory Intelligence team, you will play a
critical role in building and scaling systems that process large amounts of
inventory data, both in real-time and batch pipelines. You’ll work on projects
that integrate with retailer point-of-sale (POS) and inventory management
systems to improve the end-to-end grocery shopping experience. You will focus on
implementing innovative, technically complex projects to deliver new in-store
technologies to our retail partners, ensuring a smooth transition from concepts
to dependable products.
Inventory Intelligence is a part of Instacart’s Connected Stores organization.
You can read more about it on our blog here
[https://www.instacart.com/company/updates/introducing-connected-stores-making-shopping-seamless/].
About the Team
The Inventory Intelligence team is all about moving fast. We value rapid
iteration more than detailed long-range planning and get a kick out of solving
real problems for both consumers in the store and our retail partners. We
believe the grocery store of the future will transform customers’ expectations:
- Iterative: We work in small steps, fast. We’re building zero to one and we
work a lot like a startup.
- Collaborative: We work together to solve problems and avoid silos.
- Inventive & Innovative: We take high-conviction bets and try them.
- Self-organizing: We often manage our own work and are driven to do more. We
don’t wait for someone to assign us work and we don’t get blocked on
questions. We make decisions and share them.
- Pragmatic: We don’t reinvent the wheel or build abstractions before we know
what we’re building.
- High ownership: We break out of the constraints of hierarchy-based
expectations to get the job done.
About the Job
- You will design, implement, and lead technical projects focused on
large-scale data ingestion pipelines (real-time and batch) for retailer
inventory systems.
- You will integrate with retailer POS and inventory management platforms to
support actionable insights and operational excellence.
- You will work alongside a small, senior-leaning team of engineers who are
responsible for scaling the Inventory Intelligence initiative
- You will collaborate with Product Management, Operations, and other
engineering teams to ensure all stakeholders are in close communication on
our efforts
- You will mentor and support team members, fostering a culture of continuous
growth, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
- You will defend Instacart’s standing as a trusted partner by delivering
reliable, performant, and scalable solutions.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of software development experience with a solid understanding of
back-end Web technologies in production settings.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects and deliver high-quality
technical solutions.
- Self-motivated with a strong drive to work in a startup-like environment.
- Experience working within a large codebase shared with multi-functional
teams.
- Strong proficiency in SQL.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and scaling data ingestion pipelines, both real-time and
batch.
- Hands-on experience with retail inventory management and point-of-sale (POS)
systems.
- Familiarity with e-commerce and real-world applications of inventory
optimization.
- Track record of scaling systems from initial development to broader
enterprise adoption.
- Some experience with front-end Web technologies.
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each
location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range
for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please
review our Flex First remote work policy here
[https://instacart.careers/flex-first/]. Currently, we are only hiring in the
following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
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. Please read more about our benefits
offerings here [https://instacart.careers/taste-of-instacart/].
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate
are listed below.
CAN
$193,000—$214,000 CAD
