Senior Staff Software Engineer driving the technical vision for data infrastructure at Instacart. Overseeing large-scale data platform architecture decisions and collaborating across teams.
Responsibilities
Define and Drive Data Infrastructure Vision: Own the multi-year technical vision and roadmap for Instacart’s core data platform (storage, compute, streaming, orchestration, analytical serving).
Lead Platform Strategy (Build, Buy, Ownership): Architect the ownership strategy for the data platform, determining build vs. buy.
Own the Data Lakehouse Foundation: Drive the architecture and delivery of the open lakehouse.
Drive Real-Time and Streaming Infrastructure: Own the architecture for streaming data, event-driven pipelines, and stream processing.
Pioneer AI-native Data Infrastructure Engineering: Lead the adoption and application of AI/LLM tools across the data platform lifecycle.
Elevate Engineering Excellence: Serve as the senior technical voice, setting standards for system design and reliability.
Partner Deeply with Stakeholders: Collaborate with various teams to translate needs into reliable, self-serve infrastructure.
Requirements
10+ years of software engineering, focused on data infrastructure or distributed systems at scale.
Sets technical direction for large-scale data platforms, defining multi-year architecture roadmaps and influencing strategy.
Experience in high-growth, data-intensive environments with significant infrastructure scale and spend.
Expertise in modern data lakehouse architectures, open table formats (Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi), and compute/storage trade-offs.
Proven track record owning and executing major infrastructure platform transitions, including build vs. buy, migration design, and risk management.
Experience building compelling business cases for infrastructure investments, including cost-benefit analysis and TCO modeling.
Exceptional technical communication for clear architecture documents, strategy memos, and proposals to drive leadership alignment.
Benefits
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
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