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Senior Software Engineer II, Enterprise Fulfillment
Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
California + 18 moreAll locations: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington
Posted
47 days ago
Salary
$192K - $242.5K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishDistributed Systems
Job Description
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will focus on executing and delivering high‑impact platform capabilities across Instacart’s Enterprise Fulfillment Platform APIs and services.
• You will work on complex areas such as API design, fulfillment orchestration, retailer and partner integrations, and high‑throughput distributed systems.
• You will contribute to building the next generation of Instacart’s fulfillment technology, ensuring reliability, scalability, and partner success.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring teammates and raising engineering quality without formal management responsibilities.
• Build core platform components that power Connect API Fulfillment and the 3rd‑Party Fulfillment Platform.
• Deliver reliable, scalable APIs and orchestration systems that support complex, high‑volume fulfillment workflows.
• Drive execution of major platform initiatives, from architecture to implementation to launch.
• Collaborate with product and cross‑functional partners when needed to align on requirements and integration needs.
• Improve platform reliability, throughput, and developer experience.
• Contribute to the design of next‑generation fulfillment orchestration and partner‑facing APIs and tooling.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and thought leadership.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of backend development experience, with a strong record of project delivery.
- Experience drafting clear technical vision and design documents.
- Strong proficiency in owning and maintaining production services at high quality.
- Ability to rapidly deliver high‑quality code supporting high‑traffic systems.
- Experience working with product teams or customers in a collaborative environment.
- Proven ability to influence and mentor a team as a senior IC.
- Experience designing or scaling external APIs (preferred).
- Experience with distributed systems or orchestration‑style architectures (preferred).
- Experience integrating with external partners or 3rd‑party systems (preferred).
- Experience working across teams to develop platform‑level solutions (preferred).
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
