Staff Software Engineer, Shopper Activation & Engagement

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About the role

  • Staff Software Engineer defining technical strategy for shopper activation at Instacart. Collaborating with multiple teams to deliver scalable solutions while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the activation domain
  • Lead product strategy in partnership with Product and Design
  • Own delivery of business-critical compliance and vendor initiatives
  • Run large, cross-functional programs across multiple engineering and business teams
  • Mentor and develop engineers through design reviews
  • Continuously improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency of services

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • 3+ years owning end-to-end architecture and technical strategy for a domain or product area
  • Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives across 3+ teams
  • Proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python)
  • Hands-on experience building AI tooling or agentic automation
  • Experience designing compliant systems involving identity, eligibility, certifications, or similarly sensitive workflows
  • Demonstrated mentorship and team development experience

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • retirement plans
  • paid time off
  • flexible work arrangements
  • professional development
  • bonuses
  • stock options
  • equipment allowances
  • wellness programs

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$229,000 - CA$241,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Distributed SystemsJavaPythonGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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