Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise AI
Required skills
- Enterprise AI
- AI-powered solutions
- scalable software systems
- technical design
- implementation
- launch
- monitoring
- continuous improvement
- code reviews
- automated testing
Nice to have
- machine learning-enabled products
- developer tools
- large language models
- retrieval-augmented generation
- intelligent automation
- model serving
Role summary
Instacart is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Enterprise AI team to build reliable, scalable AI-powered solutions. This role involves designing, developing, testing, and operating software systems, translating business needs into engineering solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional partners. The engineer will own projects through the full SDLC, contribute to engineering best practices, and help shape the team's technical direction. The role requires proficiency in at least one modern programming language and experience with distributed or highly scalable systems, with a preference for experience in AI/ML product development and cloud infrastructure.
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by building technology that helps people access the food they love while enabling retailers, brands, and shoppers to thrive. The Enterprise AI team develops intelligent systems and capabilities that support Instacart’s business and teams across the company.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Enterprise AI team and help build reliable, scalable AI-powered solutions. You will work with engineers, product partners, data scientists, and stakeholders across the organization to turn complex business needs into high-quality products and platforms.
This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems with broad company impact. You will be expected to take ownership, collaborate across disciplines, and deliver thoughtful solutions in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve as we learn. The Enterprise AI team is a collaborative group of approximately 14 people, and your work will contribute to the continued growth of Instacart’s AI capabilities.
About the Job
You will be working in a dynamic environment where requirements may change and the most valuable path forward is not always obvious. Success in this role requires comfort with ambiguity, a willingness to investigate problems deeply, and the judgment to make progress while maintaining a high bar for quality and reliability.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CAN$168,000—$177,500 CADSample Instacart interview questions
- 1
Design a system for real-time sentiment analysis of social media posts.
system designmedium - 2
Develop a secure distributed system for secrets storage and access.
system designmedium - 3
How would you design a global search for products (frontend)?
system designdifficult - 4
Develop a distributed data versioning management system.
system designmedium - 5
Design a scalable service for storing and serving multimedia.
system designmedium
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