Join Instacart as a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable platforms for advanced audience targeting and CRM campaign execution.
Posted by employer 1 week ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 days ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Senior Software Engineer for Growth at Instacart focuses on developing and maintaining internal platforms that enhance audience targeting and CRM campaign execution. This role requires proficiency in programming languages like Java, Ruby, or Python, along with experience in data management systems and big data technologies. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in software engineering and data engineering, making this position suitable for those with a few years of relevant experience. Instacart promotes a flexible work environment, allowing team members to choose their preferred work setting.
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Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Growth role remote?
- Yes — Instacart lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Instacart lists $191,000–$212,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Growth role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Airflow, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Java, MySQL, NoSQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Instacart targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Growth role at Instacart.
From the original posting
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.
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
Job #GREN39
Overview
Maplebear Inc. D/B/A Instacart in San Francisco, CA seeks Senior Software Engineer, Growth (Multiple Openings). Employee may be stationed anywhere in the continental United States but will report directly to Instacart headquarters in San Francisco, CA.
About the Job
Build and maintain internal platforms that power advanced audience targeting and end-to-end CRM campaign execution for marketers and retailers.
Duties include:
- Developing highly scalable software using innovative computer science and software engineering principles while ensuring proper protocols are in place to rapidly roll out upgrades and new features
- Designing and implementing targeting features leveraging demographic, intent, and behavioral signals for strategic growth
- Building intuitive user interfaces for configuring offers, segments, and content;
- Analyzing and optimizing expensive SQL queries
- Building large scale data pipelines and modeling user data to improve accuracy and performance
- Executing ongoing testing and analysis of current systems, including independent performance analysis, diagnosis, and troubleshooting
- Determining design solutions to problematic programming
- Other duties as assigned.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or foreign equivalent).
- 2 years of experience in the job offered or related.
- 2 years of experience working with Java, Ruby, Python, or similar programming languages;
- 2 years of experience working with MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, or similar data management systems;
- 2 years of experience working with client/server architectures and application architectures;
- 2 years of experience working with distributed codebases on cross‐functional teams;
- 2 years of experience with data streaming and big data technologies including Apache Spark, Airflow, Hadoop, or similar;
- 2 years of data engineering experience including developing robust data pipelines, optimizing data schemas, and implementing solutions to ensure data quality and integrity.
- Note: In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related (or foreign equivalent) and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related, employer will accept candidates with no degree and at least 4 years of experience in the job offered or related, including 2 years of experience with each of the required special skills. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
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.
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 US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.