资深软件工程师，FoodStorm
Staff Software Engineer, FoodStorm
我们正在改变零售行业
在Instacart，我们邀请世界通过食物传递爱，因为我们相信每个人都能获得他们喜爱的食物，并有更多时间一起享受。当其他人看到简单的杂货配送需求时，我们看到了令人兴奋的复杂性和无限的机会，以满足我们社区的各种需求。我们致力于提供客户依赖的必要服务，让他们获取杂货和家庭用品，同时为Instacart个人购物者提供安全且灵活的收入机会。
Instacart已成为数百万人的生存线，我们正在组建团队帮助推动我们的购物车前进。如果你准备好做出一生中最好的工作，来加入我们的行列吧。
Instacart是一个以灵活优先的团队
没有一种方法适用于所有情况。我们的员工可以选择在任何地方完成最佳工作——无论是家里、办公室，还是你最喜欢的咖啡店——同时通过定期的面对面活动保持联系并建立社区。了解更多关于我们的灵活工作方式。
概述
作为FoodStorm团队的资深软件工程师，你将在现代化FoodStorm的按需订购、外卖和预制食品平台方面发挥关键作用。你将参与使用面向服务的架构（SOA）方法重构系统，专注于构建高效、可扩展和可维护的解决方案。通过亲自编码、深入解决问题以及与跨职能团队（包括澳大利亚的国际工程团队）密切合作，你将帮助提升平台的性能、可靠性和与Instacart系统的集成。此职位需要对交付成果有强烈的责任感，以及积极应对技术挑战的方法。
FoodStorm团队正在引领按需订购、外卖和预制食品管理系统的发展，使Instacart的零售和杂货合作伙伴能够优化运营并扩大他们的影响力。我们负责高影响力的项目，提供无缝订单管理、合作伙伴集成和终端客户体验的解决方案。我们重视高度的责任感、独立性、技术卓越和创业精神。
职位描述
- 积极参与FoodStorm平台的重构，通过面向服务的方法关注可扩展性和可维护性。
- 实现高质量的软件
查看英文原文
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
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.
CA, NY, CT, NJ
$265,000—$279,000 USD
WA
$254,000—$268,000 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$243,000—$257,000 USD
All other states
$216,000—$240,000 USD