Posted by employer 11 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 5 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Instacart's careers page October 5, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 53% of 83 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $208,454 across 32 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 34.7% of 303 comparable staff backend roles in United States; API appears in 1.7% of 303 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, FoodStorm role remote?
- Yes — Instacart lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Instacart lists $216,000–$279,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, FoodStorm role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: .NET Core, API, C++, Java, Python, SOA.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Instacart targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, FoodStorm role at Instacart.
From the original posting
We're transforming the grocery industry
Overview
As a Staff Software Engineer on the FoodStorm team, you will play a pivotal role in modernizing FoodStorm’s on demand ordering, catering, and prepared food platform. You’ll contribute to rearchitecting the system using a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, with a focus on building efficient, scalable, and maintainable solutions. With hands-on coding, deep problem-solving, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including an international engineering team in Australia—you’ll help improve the platform’s performance, reliability, and integration with Instacart systems. This role requires strong ownership of deliverables, as well as a proactive approach to technical challenges.
The FoodStorm team is leading the evolution of on demand ordering, catering, and prepared food management systems, empowering Instacart’s retail and grocery partners to streamline operations and expand their reach. We work on high-impact projects, providing solutions for seamless order management, partner integrations, and end-customer experiences. We value high levels of ownership, independence, technical excellence, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
About the Job
- Actively contribute to the rearchitecture of FoodStorm’s platform, focusing on scalability and maintainability through a service-oriented approach.
- Implement high-quality software solutions to enable seamless integration between FoodStorm and Instacart’s systems.
- Conduct hands-on coding, technical problem-solving, and system optimization.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers across teams to ensure alignment on technical strategy and implementation.
- Partner with the Australia-based engineering team, ensuring effective collaboration during overlapping work hours (~2 hours daily).
- Provide technical mentorship to peers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
- Help identify and implement best practices to improve the team’s efficiency and system performance.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems and distributed architectures.
- Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Python, Java, C#, or similar.
- Strong hands-on experience with backend development and system integration.
- Proven ability to solve complex technical problems in a collaborative environment.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience working across time zones (including ~2-hour overlap with Australia).
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with .NET Core, SOA patterns, and API integrations is a plus.
- Experience working on system modernization or large-scale technical migrations (e.g., monolithic to SOA).
- Experience with front-end web development.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of grocery retail, catering, or enterprise platform technologies.
- A commitment to developing and deploying reliable, performant tools that deliver excellent partner and customer experiences.
#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.
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.
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