Senior Software Engineer II

Responsibilities

• Drive the Paid MarTech team’s technical roadmap and make architectural decisions for reusable, scalable systems.
• Improve developer productivity through process evolution, tooling, abstractions, and code-quality improvements.
• Lead team-wide and cross-team initiatives while partnering with senior Product and Marketing leaders on strategic and technical decisions.
• Advance observability, resilience, chaos engineering, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and security-by-design practices.
• Mentor engineers up to L5 and resolve organizational or cross-team execution blockers.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of software engineering experience leading technical roadmaps and team-level architectural decisions.
• Expert-level Python proficiency and experience designing reusable abstractions, frameworks, and patterns adopted across multiple projects.
• Deep knowledge of scalable, high-throughput systems with observability, cost-efficiency, and security considerations.
• Experience influencing product roadmaps and identifying strategic technical opportunities with senior Product and Marketing leaders.
• Demonstrated success improving team productivity through process improvements, tooling, mentorship, and technical leadership.
• Strong communication and influence skills for driving cross-team and cross-functional initiatives.
• Preferred experience includes AI-assisted development infrastructure, ad tech and marketing technology ecosystems, legacy modernization, technical debt management, coding standards, architectural patterns, technical reviews, crisis support, and external cross-pillar collaboration.

Benefits

• Remote work under Instacart’s Flex First policy, with flexibility to work from home, an office, or another preferred location and regular in-person events.
• Market-competitive compensation and benefits based on work location.
• Eligibility for a new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants.