Instacart

grocery

SeniorAndroidEngineer,Growth

CA$168–178k Ontario, Canada; British Columbia, Canada Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Android Engineer, Growth at Instacart. Skills: Android development, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Concurrency and reactive paradigms, Backend service integration, UI implementation, Performance optimization, Code quality, User experience. Design, build, and maintain Android features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, modern Android components and composable declarative state management architecture. Implement pixel-perfect UIs that faithfully match designs and scale across devices, with a focus on”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver features that make the coupon more valuable and accessible; Design and deliver fast, reliable, and delightful Android experiences; Driving measurable gains in picker speed and accuracy; Uphold high engineering standards and accelerate team velocity; Deliver cross-functional outcomes

Industry & Context.

grocery
Problems you'll solve

Debugging and analytical skills; Thrive on tackling complex problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of professional experience building and shipping Android applications, Proficiency in Kotlin and Android fundamentals, including Jetpack Compose and traditional Views/XML, Hands-on experience with concurrency and reactive paradigms: Kotlin Coroutines and RxJava, Experience integrating mobile apps with backend services using RPC, RESTful APIs, and WebSockets, Demonstrated debugging and analytical skills using Android Studio tooling, profilers, and logs, Proven track record contributing to code reviews and technical design documents with cross-functional partners, Experience instrumenting apps for analytics, crash reporting, and performance monitoring, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog and Sentry, Expertise in profiling and performance optimization on Android (startup, rendering, memory, and network performance), Familiarity with feature flagging, staged rollouts, and A/B testing on mobile, Eagerness to ramp up on adjacent platforms (iOS, web) when the team's priorities call for cross-platform contributions, Experience building large-scale, multi-tenant enterprise apps or operations tools, Demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly in unfamiliar domains, align with domain owners, and implement features consistent with the domain's architecture, Exposure to AI-assisted development and agentic coding workflows, Domain experience in coupon or growth systems

What You'll Do.

and maintain Android features using Kotlin

modern Android components and composable declarative state management architecture

Implement pixel-perfect UIs that faithfully match designs and scale across devices

with a focus on accessibility and internationalization

Integrate with backend services via GraphQL

and WebSockets to deliver resilient offline and real-time experiences

Own feature areas end to end—from technical design and instrumentation to rollout

and iteration—driving measurable gains in picker speed and accuracy

Participate in code reviews

technical design reviews

and release planning to uphold high engineering standards and accelerate team velocity

and optimize app track stability and quality with observability and crash monitoring tools

Contribute features across codebases owned by other teams

aligning with domain owners on design and direction

Collaborate with backend

and retailer stakeholders to align goals

and deliver cross-functional outcomes in a rapidly evolving environment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with backend, iOS, design, product, data, and retailer partners; Participate in code reviews, technical design reviews, and release planning; Contribute features across codebases owned by other teams, aligning with domain owners on design and direction; Collaborate with backend, iOS, product, design, data, and retailer stakeholders to align goals, manage trade-offs, and deliver cross-functional outcomes in a rapidly evolving environment

Process & Methodology

Release planning

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 Growth Lifecycle Incentives team builds coupon experiences, one of the company’s core revenue drivers. We own the end-to-end experience for coupon storing, serving, ranking, and merchandising in app, web and CRM, partnering closely with Product, Data Science and Machine Learning Engineers, Retailer Managers to deliver features that make the coupon more valuable and accessible. We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer to design and deliver fast, reliable, and delightful Android experiences that directly impact how users interact with coupons every day. You’ll own high-visibility features end to end, collaborate closely with backend, iOS, design, product, data, and retailer partners, and help raise the bar for code quality, performance, and user experience across our Android surfaces. You’ll join a team of 18 engineers operating in a fast-pace

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