Senior Software Engineer, Instacart Business

Instacart

4d•CA$168,000 - CA$177,500•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Instacart Business team, you will play a pivotal role in advancing forward the B2B experience and capabilities of Instacart. With over 1 million businesses (from small to enterprise) who have relied on Instacart to address a variety of ordering use cases, your work will be crucial in growing this massive segment of users. This role is for a lead engineer within the team, and it requires an individual who has a strong combination of ownership, technical excellence, and product sense. We're looking for someone who is passionate about crafting scalable software and excited to take ownership of the product development lifecycle from conception to deployment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent proven industry experience
5+ years of experience in software engineering
Strong sense of ownership and entrepreneurial spirit to deliver launches/results
Strong product sense and willing product thinker who is excited to think deeply about the areas that will advance the team forward and influence the roadmap of the team
A collaborative mindset to be able to partner with engineers, designers and PM's from multiple teams to co-create impactful solutions while supporting system contributions
Expertise in one or more backend languages (ex: Ruby, Java, Python, etc.)
Strong technical acumen and technical writing skills, with the ability to create high quality technical design docs that result in maintainable and scalable architectures/systems
Solid communicator, comfortable seeking and receiving feedback
Strong analytical and debugging skills
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in coding implementation, keen eye for edge cases and code reviews.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to communicate and present ideas clearly and influence key stakeholders at the manager, director, and VP level

Nice To Haves

Expertise in Ruby with a solid understanding of Rails
Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog
Prior work experience in the B2B and/or e-commerce space

Responsibilities

Holistically own and lead major workstreams within the team, from inception of a project to timely and quality launches.
Influence the direction and roadmap of the team through blending strong technical vision and product sense
Produce high quality technical artifacts (design docs, runbooks, etc.) in the process of executing on projects
Contribute high-quality code and code reviews for the team
Participate in the on-call rotation and proactively identify/address relevant production issues
Elevate the team overall through mentoring other engineers and identifying/driving areas to improve effectiveness of the team.
Collaborate across teams and cross functional stakeholders to foster a unified approach to product development, facilitating consensus, and driving effective outcomes.