Join Instacart as a Senior iOS Engineer to build mobile experiences for grocery shopping in physical stores.
Posted by employer 13 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead iOS projects end to end
- Shape product requirements
- Build and maintain integrations
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in mobile development
- Strong experience with iOS fundamentals
- Experience with networking protocols
- Strong testing discipline
Nice to have
- Experience building consumer apps in retail
- Experience building configurable apps
- Experience with limited connectivity
- Experience running experiments and A/B tests
- Experience with Apple frameworks
AI in the day-to-day
Use AI-assisted and agentic development tools to boost productivity.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior iOS Engineer will lead the development of mobile experiences that enhance grocery shopping in physical stores, integrating features that assist customers in navigating various store layouts. Key skills include proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, along with experience in networking protocols and performance optimization for mobile applications. This position is ideal for someone with over five years of mobile development experience, particularly in retail or e-commerce environments. The team operates within a flexible work model, emphasizing collaboration across disciplines to achieve shared goals.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Instacart's careers page November 14, 2026.
- Starts above 10% of 40 comparable senior mobile roles we track (median $188,033 across 23 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior iOS Engineer role remote?
- Yes — Instacart lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Instacart lists CAD 168,000–CAD 177,500 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior iOS Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Combine, Core Location, REST API, RPC, Swift, Swift Concurrency.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Instacart targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior iOS Engineer role at Instacart.
From the original posting
We're transforming the grocery industry
Overview
Instacart’s Stores Intelligence organization is building the operating system for brick-and-mortar grocery. As a Senior iOS Engineer on the In-Store Mode team, you will build the mobile experience that helps people shop in physical grocery stores. Customers plan the trip at home, then use the same app in the aisle to find items, discover deals, and use their loyalty rewards.
What makes the engineering interesting:
- One experience, many apps: In-Store Mode runs inside many grocers' branded apps and blends native iOS with web, so you'll design for flexibility, consistency, and a clear boundary between the two.
- The physical world is challenging: The same feature has to work in a small neighborhood market and a large wholesale store, with very different layouts, assortments, and shopping habits, while powering in-store navigation and discovery.
About the Job
- Lead iOS projects end to end, from technical design and rollout strategy through production operations and debugging.
- Shape product requirements by bringing a technical perspective and making trade-offs between scope, quality, and timeline.
- Build and maintain integrations between native iOS code and web content.
- Use AI-assisted and agentic development tools to boost your own and the team's productivity, and suggest improvements to how the team builds.
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, data scientists, and PMs across teams to align goals and deliver cross-functional outcomes.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in mobile development, software engineering, or related experience
- Strong experience with iOS fundamentals, including Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Swift Concurrency or Combine
- Experience with networking protocols (RPC, REST API, WebSockets)
- Experience designing for performance, observability, and reliability in production mobile apps, including profiling and monitoring
- Strong testing discipline, including unit tests for the code you write
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building consumer apps in retail, e-commerce, or marketplace settings
- Experience building configurable or white-label apps, or shared components used across multiple apps
- Experience building mobile apps that stay resilient with limited or unreliable connectivity
- Experience running experiments and A/B tests, and using the results to guide product decisions
- Experience with Apple frameworks such as Core Location and push notifications
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows
- Experience with WKWebView and native-to-web communication
#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.
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