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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems and distributed architectures.
• Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Python, Java, C#, or similar.
• Strong hands-on experience with backend development and system integration.
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems in a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience working across time zones (including ~2-hour overlap with Australia).
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality results.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with .NET Core, SOA patterns, and API integrations is a plus.
• Experience working on system modernization or large-scale technical migrations (e.g., monolithic to SOA).
• Experience with front-end web development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of grocery retail, catering, or enterprise platform technologies.
• A commitment to developing and deploying reliable, performant tools that deliver excellent partner and customer experiences.
  

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the FoodStorm team, you will play a pivotal role in modernizing FoodStorm’s on demand ordering, catering, and prepared food platform. You’ll contribute to rearchitecting the system using a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, with a focus on building efficient, scalable, and maintainable solutions. With hands-on coding, deep problem-solving, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including an international engineering team in Australia—you’ll help improve the platform’s performance, reliability, and integration with Instacart systems. This role requires strong ownership of deliverables, as well as a proactive approach to technical challenges.