Senior Software Engineer - Storage & Caching - Remote

Overview

Instacart is powered by a robust set of cloud services. Our backend systems power the clients used by millions of customers every year to buy their groceries online. These systems must also support tight integration with the largest retailers in the US and Canada. Engineering at Instacart provides the opportunity to work on challenging scaling problems while also designing the features that will define our industry. Large-scale caching plays an integral role in delivering efficient, performant experiences to customers. You will have the opportunity to own and build a whole new set of foundational engineering components in an open collaborative environment serving millions of requests daily.

In Short

• You will be a senior engineer in the team responsible for Storage & Caching platforms, with a large amount of ownership and autonomy.
• You will work closely with other application engineering teams and internal stakeholders.
• You will ship high quality, scalable and robust solutions.
• You will have the freedom to suggest and drive high-impact initiatives related to Caching & Storage solutions.
• Technologies include: Go, Ruby, Python, Rust, RDS Postgres, DynamoDB, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, EC2.
• You will have the opportunity to dive deeper into technologies you are familiar with.

Requirements

• 5+ years of working experience as a software engineer.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with Redis/Valkey or PostgreSQL.
• 1+ years experience building cloud-based control-plane software.
• Familiarity with Distributed Databases.
• Strong sense of ownership and self-motivation.
• Ability to dive deep into technical challenges and solve problems correctly.

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
• Equity grants for new hires and annual refresh grants.
• Flexibility to choose your work environment.