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Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain backend systems for the Targeting Platform and CRM Messaging Service
- Design and build the Unified Marketing Backend as a shared foundation for Instacart’s marketing infrastructure
- Own real-time targeting, campaign health and observability, API and eventing integrations, and CRM white-label expansion
- Lead initiatives including the CC API V3 to V4 migration, CRM expansion to more than 80 retailers, Project Lotus Phase 2, and self-serve ad hoc tooling
- Collaborate with backend and full-stack engineering, Product, Design, adjacent platform teams, external vendors, and retail partners
- Balance platform stability work with roadmap delivery and help establish a sustainable on-call rotation
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend software development experience delivering production systems at scale
- Proficiency in Ruby or Python; Go experience is a plus
- Hands-on production experience with Rails or Pandas
- Experience designing and building scalable, reliable distributed systems using relational and NoSQL databases and data pipelines
- Ability to write rigorous unit tests and independently solve complex technical problems
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Preferred experience with marketing technology platforms such as targeting, CRM, messaging infrastructure, or campaign tooling
- Preferred familiarity with eventing systems, real-time data processing, or composable platform architecture
- Preferred experience integrating third-party APIs or working with external platform vendors at scale
Benefits
- Flex First remote work arrangement with flexibility to work from home, an office, or another location, with regular in-person events
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants
- Hiring currently in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia
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About Instacart
Instacart is a leading grocery technology company that partners with more than 2,200 retail banners – representing nearly 100,000 stores – to transform how people shop for the groceries they need from the retailers they trust, while creating flexible earning opportunities for shoppers. Through the Instacart Marketplace, Instacart Enterprise platform, and Instacart Ads ecosystem, the company powers ecommerce, fulfillment, in-store technology, AI offerings, and advertising for partners. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.