Instacart

E-commerce

SeniorAndroidEngineer,Transactions

CA$168–178k Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Android Engineer, Transactions at Instacart. Skills: Android development, Transaction flows, Payment integration. Design Android features. Build Android features”

What You'll Achieve.

Grow the pie

Industry & Context.

E commerce
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years Android development, 3+ years Android Jetpack, 2+ years transactional flows, Hands-on dependency injection, Hands-on networking on Android, Proven track record of quality, Experience collaborating cross-functional, Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Production experience Jetpack Compose, Background building shared Android libraries, Experience with experimentation, Familiarity with observability tooling, Knowledge of security compliance, Exposure to GraphQL, Exposure to gRPC, Exposure to offline design, Exposure to Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

What You'll Do.

Design Android features

Build Android features

Ship Android features

Integrate payment flows

Optimize payment SDKs

Deliver secure experiences

Deliver compliant experiences

Deliver low-latency experiences

Create reusable modules

Create reusable libraries

Uphold quality with testing

Uphold quality with code reviews

Uphold quality with monitoring

Uphold quality with performance tuning

Participate in technical design

Break down deliverables

Launch with feature flags

Iterate based on data

Iterate based on feedback

Contribute to incident response

Participate in on-call rotations

Drive platform hardening

Mentor other engineers

Define team standards

Define team documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partners; Android teams; iOS teams; Backend teams; Product teams; Design teams; Data science teams; Risk teams; Payments partners

Process & Methodology

Feature flagging, Experiments

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 Transaction Platform team builds the end-to-end experiences and services that power cart, checkout, payments, order confirmation, and post-order flows across our Android surfaces. We’re the connective tissue that makes it simple, safe, and reliable for customers to complete purchases and for shoppers and retailers to stay informed every step of the way. We’re seeking a Senior Mobile Engineer (Android) to own and elevate core transaction experiences across multiple Android apps at Instacart. You’ll collaborate closely with Android, iOS, backend, product, design, data science, risk, and payments partners to ship high-quality, resilient features that support millions of orders and complex edge cases at scale. This role is remote within Canada and offers the opportunity to shape the Android transaction platform, add much-needed depth to a lean area

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