Instacart
Grocery
SeniorSoftwareEngineerII,Storage
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“Senior Software Engineer II, Storage at Instacart. Skills: Storage, Databases, Cloud, Distributed systems. Own and build foundational engineering components. Innovate automated monitoring & control-plane systems”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver efficient, performant experiences; Serve millions of requests daily; Ensure stability; Improve productivity; Manage costs; Deliver successfully
Industry & Context.
Solve problems correctly; Dive deep into technical challenges; Tackle abstract challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of working experience as a software engineer in one or more large-scale cloud services or application development environment, 1+ Years of hands-on experience, delivering large-scale solutions with an industry-recognized database (ideally PostgreSQL), 1+ Years experience building cloud-based control-plane software, Self-motivation, A sense of ownership, The drive & ability to dive deep into technical challenges and champion root causes, solving problems correctly, You enjoy being highly productive, shipping code, reviewing others’ PRs and iteratively guiding code bases towards best practices and excellence, You are able to scale yourself effectively via junior engineers and accelerate the team through effective designs, written & communication, delegation, establishing standards & best practices, code reviews, ability to architect and design systems using common back-end Web technologies in a production environment, An ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions, Experience working with a large codebase on a cross functional team, with a knack for driving alignment across teams and stakeholders, Demonstrated capacity to take existing, complex solutions and evolve them to meet the changing needs of the business
Nice to Have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, Familiarity with Distributed Databases (Yugabyte, CRDB, TiDB), You are a mentor to other software engineers, helping equip them and grow as software development professionals, You like solving the kind of high-impact, org-wide problems that involve tackling abstract challenges and turning them into concrete programs that deliver successfully
What You'll Do.
Own and build foundational engineering components
Innovate automated monitoring & control-plane systems
Support related services
Work with cloud providers
Support multiple environments
Prepare for future growth
Drive architectural shifts
Set technical direction
Work closely with teams
Own process from problem understanding to shipping
Suggest and drive high-impact initiatives
Unlock new innovations
Accelerate application development
Create resiliency & high-availability
Right-size storage needs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with other application engineering teams and internal stakeholders; Drive alignment across teams and stakeholders
Communication Scope
Written communication
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 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 and storage 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. Instacart’s storage needs are ever-evolving and growing. The Database Storage team are stewards of the database infrastructure that supports Instacart’s cor
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