Instacart · 2 days ago
Senior Software Engineer II, Storage
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$192K/yr - $202K/yr
5+ years expInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing essential services for grocery delivery. The Senior Software Engineer II, Storage will lead the development of storage platforms, working on large-scale solutions and collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance the company's technological capabilities.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
You will be a senior engineer in the team responsible for Storage platforms, with a large amount of ownership and autonomy for setting technical direction, reporting to an engineering manager
You will work closely with other application engineering teams and internal stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to shipping the solution
You will ship high quality, scalable and robust solutions with a sense of urgency
You will have the freedom to suggest and drive high-impact initiatives related to Storage solutions that unlock new innovations, accelerate application development, create resiliency & high-availability, and right-size storage needs company-wide
Qualification
Required
5+ years of working experience as a software engineer in one or more large-scale cloud services or application development environment
1+ Years of hands-on experience, delivering large-scale solutions with an industry-recognized database (ideally PostgreSQL)
1+ Years experience building cloud-based control-plane software
Self-motivation and an enjoyment for a growth-oriented startup environment
A strong sense of ownership that drives improvements for customers as well as automation and scale for the systems
The drive & ability to dive deep into technical challenges and champion root causes, solving problems correctly
You enjoy being highly productive, shipping code, reviewing others' PRs and iteratively guiding code bases towards best practices and excellence
You are able to scale yourself effectively via junior engineers and accelerate the team through effective designs, written & communication, delegation, establishing standards & best practices, code reviews
Strong ability to architect and design systems using common back-end Web technologies in a production environment
An ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
Experience working with a large codebase on a cross functional team, with a knack for driving alignment across teams and stakeholders
Demonstrated capacity to take existing, complex solutions and evolve them to meet the changing needs of the business
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, computer engineering, electrical engineering
Familiarity with Distributed Databases (Yugabyte, CRDB, TiDB)
You are a mentor to other software engineers, helping equip them and grow as software development professionals
You like solving the kind of high-impact, org-wide problems that involve tackling abstract challenges and turning them into concrete programs that deliver successfully
Benefits
Eligible for a new hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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