Senior Backend Engineer, Scalable Data Platforms

EngineersOfAI; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Instacart is building the Marketing Platform Tooling team for a dedicated backend owner role in Toronto. You will contribute to core backend systems powering targeting and CRM capabilities, delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure and services.

This greenfield opportunity offers ownership, end-to-end workstreams, and direct impact on business outcomes. You will design, implement, and operate data pipelines and APIs with an emphasis on observability, testing, and uptime, collaborating across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Expertise in Ruby and Go; Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend applications with clean code.
• Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services.
• Shape the technical direction and roadmap of our platforms.
• Collaborate across teams to drive alignment and deliver results.
• Own key surface areas with planning, decision-making, and shipping.

Skills

Backend development

Ruby

Go

Python (optional)

Job description

Instacart is building the Marketing Platform Tooling team for a dedicated backend owner role in Toronto. You will contribute to core backend systems powering targeting and CRM capabilities, delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure and services.

This greenfield opportunity offers ownership, end-to-end workstreams, and direct impact on business outcomes. You will design, implement, and operate data pipelines and APIs with an emphasis on observability, testing, and uptime, collaborating across