About the job
Join Us in Revolutionizing the Grocery Sector
At Instacart, we believe that food brings people together. Our mission is to ensure everyone has access to the groceries they love while providing them with more time to savor those moments. What may seem like a simple grocery delivery service to some is, for us, an intricate web of opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our community. We are dedicated to delivering an essential service that our customers depend on for their groceries and household items while also creating safe and flexible earning opportunities for Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a vital resource for millions, and we are expanding our team to drive our mission forward. If you're ready to contribute to something impactful and do your best work, we invite you to join our team.
Flexibility at Instacart
We understand that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to productivity. Therefore, we provide our employees the freedom to choose their ideal work environment, whether it's from home, a local office, or a favorite café, while maintaining connectivity and community through regular in-person events. Discover more about our flexible work culture.
Role Overview
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Data Infrastructure team at Instacart, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical landscape of our data platform, which is crucial for our company's data strategy. You'll be responsible for guiding the architecture roadmap that supports our storage and compute layers, streaming infrastructure, analytics tools, and governance systems. This position is ideal for a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise who can make a significant impact at a company-wide level.
You will lead long-term architectural planning for our core data platform, influence major investment decisions, and serve as a thought leader within the engineering community and beyond. Your contributions will directly affect how Instacart scales its decision-making processes and will shape the economic framework of one of the most data-driven tech companies in the grocery sector.

