Senior Software Engineer, Logistics Platform — Remote

Instacart; United States; On-site; USD 192,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity grants

Flexible remote work policy

Job summary

Instacart is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead high-visibility platform initiatives. This remote-friendly position involves driving complex workstreams, designing distributed backend services, and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Candidates should have over 7 years of backend experience, proficiency in Ruby, Python, or Go, and a bachelor's degree in a related field. The position offers market-competitive compensation, bonuses, and equity grants based on experience, with salary ranges varying by location.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software development experience delivering scalable, production systems end-to-end.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Ruby, Python, or Go.
• Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale distributed backend services with defined SLOs.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive complex platform workstreams end-to-end.
• Design, build, and operate high-quality, high-throughput distributed backend services.
• Establish and champion engineering standards through rigorous design reviews.

Skills

Backend software development

Ruby

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Observability

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Postgres

Redis

AWS

Job description

Instacart is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead high-visibility platform initiatives. This remote-friendly position involves driving complex workstreams, designing distributed backend services, and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Candidates should have over 7 years of backend experience, proficiency in Ruby, Python, or Go, and a bachelor's degree in a related field. The position offers market-competitive compensation, bonuses, and equity grants based on experience, with salary ranges varying by location.