Senior Software Engineer, AI Productivity

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About the role

  • Senior Software Engineer on Instacart's AI Productivity team. Building AI-powered platforms to enhance developer velocity and operational efficiency in grocery delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate AI-powered services and internal applications.
  • Implement robust back-end services in languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
  • Own projects end-to-end, including requirements, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and iterative improvements.
  • Partner with Developer Platform, ML Platform, Security, and Legal to ensure safe and compliant AI usage.
  • Define and track success with clear metrics and run experiments and A/B tests.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production services.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in at least one of: Python, Go, or Java.
  • 2+ years of experience integrating ML or LLM capabilities into applications.
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), containers (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Proficiency with SQL and data modeling; experience building or maintaining data pipelines.
  • Experience owning services end-to-end, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and participation in an on-call rotation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

  • Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
  • Flexible working arrangements.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$168,000 - $177,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPythonSQLGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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