About the job
Join Us in Revolutionizing the Grocery Experience
At Instacart, we believe in sharing love through food, ensuring that everyone has access to their favorite groceries while enjoying quality time with loved ones. Rather than viewing grocery delivery as a mere service, we see it as a complex and exciting opportunity to cater to our community's diverse needs. We provide a vital service that our customers depend on for their groceries and household essentials, while also creating safe and flexible earning opportunities for our Personal Shoppers.
Instacart is a lifeline for millions, and we are looking to expand our team to drive our mission forward. If you are eager to contribute your best work and make a meaningful impact, we would love to welcome you to our team.
Flexible Work Environment
At Instacart, we embrace a Flex First approach, allowing our team members to choose their optimal work environment—whether from home, an office, or a favorite café—while fostering connections through regular in-person events. Discover more about our flexible work philosophy.
Role Overview
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in the development and enhancement of a sophisticated data platform that meets strategic challenges within the Ads domain and across Instacart. Your responsibilities will include designing and building systems that uphold data compliance standards while improving self-service functionalities for internal stakeholders, all while ensuring data integrity and consistency. By synthesizing varied requirements and collaborating with multiple engineering teams, you will help guide the platform’s strategic vision, promoting alignment and ensuring continuous delivery.
You will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to transforming raw data into actionable insights for a diverse range of stakeholders, including advertisers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and sales teams. The team manages critical systems such as metrics transformation and storage, billing, spam detection, and lift testing, supporting various aspects of Instacart’s data infrastructure. Through this role, you will empower teams across the organization to make informed, data-driven decisions, directly contributing to key business outcomes.

