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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.\nInstacart 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.\nInstacart is a Flex First team\nThere’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. 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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.\nAbout the Job\nBackend applications and systems for routing, task allocation, fulfillment tracking and shopper compensation are architected, built and maintained\nTechnical design for high-impact projects and initiatives is led, with logistics problems across the consumer marketplace and enterprise space solved through shipped features\nTier-0 systems are reliable and observable, with clear ownership\nPlatform best practices are driven through alignment with product, compliance and engineering stakeholders\nAI-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\nAbout You\nMinimum Qualifications\n5+ years of backend development experience\nFluency in at least one backend language (we use Ruby, Python and Go; Ruby experience not required)\nStrong working knowledge of services/API design (REST/RPC), databases, and system design patterns and principles for distributed, scalable systems\nExperience building and operating asynchronous, event-driven systems in production\nExcellent communication skills with experience working in complex cross-functional and highly collaborative environments\nBachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building software for fulfillment, logistics, or e-commerce\nExperience with workflow orchestration or state machines\nRegular use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, etc\nExperience building systems subject to regulatory or financial compliance\nInstacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. 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