About the role
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 seeking a backend engineer with demonstrated success building highly reliable, performant and scalable software to shape the platform powering real-world, real-time processes. The Logistics Platform team owns the execution layer of Instacart’s fulfillment system across the globe, including batching, routing, dispatch, and shopper pay. This role builds the platform that routes orders, allocates fulfillment execution tasks to shoppers, tracks fulfillment status and determines compensation. A year from now, shoppers get efficient and fulfilling work, retailers and consumer brands improve their value proposition, and customers receive their orders on time and to their satisfaction. About the Job
Backend applications and systems for routing, task allocation, fulfillment tracking and shopper compensation are architected, built and maintained Technical design for high-impact projects and initiatives is led, with logistics problems across the consumer marketplace and enterprise space solved through shipped features Tier-0 systems are reliable and observable, with clear ownership Platform best practices are driven through alignment with product, compliance and engineering stakeholders AI-assisted tooling and workflows raise day-to-day productivity for you and the team, and engineers are mentored toward a higher bar for code quality, testing, and operational practices
About You Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of backend development experience Fluency in at least one backend language (we use Ruby, Python and Go; Ruby experience not required) Strong working knowledge of services/API design (REST/RPC), databases, and system design patterns and principles for distributed, scalable systems Experience building and operating asynchronous, event-driven systems in production Excellent communication skills with experience working in complex cross-functional and highly collaborative environments Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building software for fulfillment, logistics, or e-commerce Experience with workflow orchestration or state machines Regular use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, etc Experience building systems subject to regulatory or financial compliance
#LI-RemoteInstacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here. For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.CAN$168,000—$177,500 CAD
About Instacart
Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Instacart’s same-day delivery and pickup services bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to busy people and families across the U.S. and Canada in as fast as an hour. Since its founding in 2012, Instacart has become an essential service for millions of families, while also serving as an immediate, flexible earnings opportunity for hundreds of thousands of shoppers across North America. The company partners with more than 350 retailers and delivers from more than 25,000 stores across more than 5,500 cities in North America. Today, Instacart is accessible to more than 85% of households in the U.S. and more than 70% of households in Canada.
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Job details
Location
British Columbia, Nadu
Funding
Total raised
$2.6B
Last stage
Public
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.