Instacart

Grocery delivery

AISolutionsArchitect

$195–247k United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“AI Solutions Architect at Instacart. Skills: AI Solutions, Data Architecture, Integration Design. Own data modeling. Own integration design”

Industry & Context.

Grocery delivery
Problems you'll solve

Systems thinking

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years solutions architecture, 10+ years data engineering, 10+ years senior software engineering, Demonstrated experience designing enterprise-scale systems, Deep expertise data architecture, Deep expertise data modeling, AI/ML familiarity, Experience designing integrations across complex enterprise environments, Hands-on coding ability, Proven customer-facing experience, Systems thinking ability, Comfort defining architecture from first principles

Nice to Have

Background in retail tech, Background in e-commerce infrastructure, Background in CPG data systems, Familiarity with open agent standards, Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration frameworks, Prior experience enterprise software implementation, Prior experience systems integration, Startup environment experience, High-growth environment experience

What You'll Do.

Own integration design

Serve as senior technical authority

Map Instacart's data ontology

Gate technical feasibility

Establish integration patterns

Bridge partner technical requirements

Advocate for platform changes

Unblock Forward Deployed Engineers

Ensure architectural integrity

Codify reusable integration patterns

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner engineering teams; Forward Deployed Engineers

Communication Scope

Technical architectures

Full Job Description

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 Instacart's Enterprise Solutions team is building a first-of-its-kind business: embedding directly with enterprise retail and CPG partners to design, sell, and deliver AI-powered solutions at scale. We are a small, senior, field-first pod—part startup, part consultancy—defining the playbook as we go. As the AI Solutions Architect, you own the data and AI architecture, integration design, and governance across every engagement the pod runs. You are the person who makes Instacart's Intelligence Platform actually work inside real partner environments. This is a hands-on, field-first role—you will embed with partner engineering teams to map data ontologies, design integrations, and co-build solutions that work in the real world, not just on a whiteboard. About the Job Own data modeling, integration design, and governance across every engagement; serve as the s

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