Staff Software Engineer, Membership & Benefits
Instacart
about 2 months ago
Remote, Canada
Staff+
Responsibilities
- Lead multi-team initiatives to improve Memberships and Alternate Payments platforms.
- Set and drive the technical strategy for scaling loyalty systems.
- Architect a unified benefits platform for coupons, credits, and gift cards.
- Evolve the platform with new capabilities and modernization efforts.
- Design capabilities that support agentic commerce through automated workflows.
- Conduct design reviews and coach engineers while contributing to critical code paths.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in designing and operating large-scale backend systems.
- Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives in production.
- Strong foundation in distributed systems and high-volume APIs.
- Proficiency in backend languages like Go, Java, or Python.
- Experience with mission-critical services and incident management.
- Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted development tools.
- Located in Canada in ON, AB, BC, or NS.
Benefits
- Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
- Eligible for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants.
- Flex First remote work policy allowing work from home or other locations.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaGoJavaPython
Categories
BackendData EngineeringDevOpsSecurity