Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

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.

Overview

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team at Instacart, you will spearhead the advancement of engineering practices that directly enhance the efficiency and quality of software development across the company.

In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of cutting-edge tools and systems, focusing on improving the full software development lifecycle.

Your work will significantly impact how quickly and effectively our engineering team can deliver solutions, helping Instacart maintain its competitive edge in a dynamic retail environment.

About the Team

The Developer Experience team is pivotal in architecting the systems and tools that streamline and facilitate software development at Instacart.

As part of this team, you will work alongside other top-tier engineers, all dedicated to creating a robust, developer-friendly environment.

This team's work ensures that our engineers are equipped with the best practices and tools, impacting the entire engineering organization's productivity and efficiency.

About the Job

In this influential role, your responsibilities will include :

• Integrate Advanced AI Solutions : Utilize AI technologies to automate tasks, enhance code quality, and streamline workflows, significantly reducing manual developer input and supercharging cycles.
• Lead System and Feature Design : Spearhead the development and maintenance of Bento, our proprietary local development tool, ensuring it meets scalability and efficiency requirements.
• Drive Metrics-Based Improvements : Constantly analyze performance metrics to identify and implement enhancements to the development processes and tools.
• Optimize Build and CI / CD Processes : Enhance and maintain the build systems to support over a thousand developers, focusing on speed and reliability of builds and deployments.
• Mentor and Lead Teams : Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, advocating for best practices and leading by example in all development initiatives.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience
• A strong sense of ownership, self-motivated and enjoy the fast pace of a startup environment
• Strong knowledge of Go, Ruby, or Python and experience with AWS Infrastructure
• Ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience building and maintaining a robust build system using Jenkins, BuildKite, Gitlab or CircleCI

3+ years of experience in Developer Experience or tooling teams

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 .

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 .

For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CAN$221,000 $245,000 CAD