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
As a Senior Software Engineer on the FoodStorm team, you will play a pivotal
role in modernizing FoodStorm’s on demand ordering, catering, and prepared food
platform. You’ll contribute to rearchitecting the system using a
service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, with a focus on building
efficient, scalable, and maintainable solutions. With hands-on coding, deep
problem-solving, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including
an international engineering team in Australia—you’ll help improve the
platform’s performance, reliability, and integration with Instacart systems.
This role requires strong ownership of deliverables, as well as a proactive
approach to technical challenges.
The FoodStorm team is leading the evolution of on demand ordering, catering, and
prepared food management systems, empowering Instacart’s retail and grocery
partners to streamline operations and expand their reach. We work on high-impact
projects, providing solutions for seamless order management, partner
integrations, and end-customer experiences. We value high levels of ownership,
independence, technical excellence, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
ABOUT THE JOB
- Actively contribute to the rearchitecture of FoodStorm’s platform, focusing
on scalability and maintainability through a service-oriented approach.
- Implement high-quality software solutions to enable seamless integration
between FoodStorm and Instacart’s systems.
- Conduct hands-on coding, technical problem-solving, and system optimization.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers across
teams to ensure alignment on technical strategy and implementation.
- Partner with the Australia-based engineering team, ensuring effective
collaboration during overlapping work hours (~2 hours daily).
- Provide technical mentorship to peers, fostering a culture of learning and
continuous improvement.
- Help identify and implement best practices to improve the team’s efficiency
and system performance.
ABOUT YOU
Minimum Qualifications
- Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems
and distributed architectures.
- Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Python, Java, C#, or
similar.
- Strong hands-on experience with backend development and system integration.
- Proven ability to solve complex technical problems in a collaborative
environment.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience working across
time zones (including ~2-hour overlap with Australia).
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality
results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with .NET Core, SOA patterns, and API integrations is a plus.
- Experience working on system modernization or large-scale technical
migrations (e.g., monolithic to SOA).
- Experience with front-end web development.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of grocery retail, catering, or enterprise platform technologies.
- A commitment to developing and deploying reliable, performant tools that
deliver excellent partner and customer experiences.
LI-Remote
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
$224,000—$249,000 CAD
