About the job
Join Us in Revolutionizing the Grocery Industry
At Instacart, we empower individuals to connect through food, ensuring everyone has access to their favorite groceries while creating cherished moments together. We view grocery delivery not just as a service, but as an opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our community. Our mission is to provide a vital service that customers depend on for their groceries and household essentials, all while offering safe and flexible earning opportunities for our Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a crucial support for millions, and we are expanding our team to continue pushing the boundaries of what we can achieve. If you are excited to do your best work yet, we invite you to join us.
Embrace Flexibility with Instacart
At Instacart, we understand that there is no universal approach to achieving your best work. Our employees enjoy the flexibility to choose their workspace, whether at home, in an office, or your favorite café, while fostering connections through regular in-person events. Discover more about our flexible work culture.
Position Overview
If you're eager to elevate your software development skills, we are on the lookout for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Ads team. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the enhancement of our Ads suite, developing world-class reporting solutions across multiple platforms. Your work will ensure advertisers and retailers receive timely, accurate, and actionable data insights. Collaborating closely with Product Designers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and other cross-functional teams, you will help advance our Ads suite and ensure a seamless data flow for our users.
The Instacart Ads team is at the forefront of optimizing our advertising products and supporting infrastructure, directly enhancing our ability to process petabyte-scale data and deliver crucial reports for billing, strategic decision-making, and partner management.
With millions of users relying on our products annually, we are rapidly evolving and modernizing our ads platform to exceed expectations and raise the bar for quality across the organization. Does this sound like the challenge you’re looking for? Keep reading!

