The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Developing high-quality web applications and advanced AI systems integrating: Large Language Models (LLMs), Computer Vision, and multimodal technologies to address complex business challenges relating to loss prevention, verification, and catalog management;
Architecting data pipelines and reverse ETL systems that combine on-cart: computer vision, catalog and POS data, real-time location data, and inventory intelligence signals to automatically resolve item discrepancies;
Standardizing API contracts for complex retail functions including pricing,: coupons, and loyalty systems across disparate retailer systems to accelerate new feature integrations;
Leading architectural design of backend systems and distributed: infrastructure to process high volumes of data serving millions of customers and enhance platform performance;
Building frameworks and internal portals for automated integration testing,: unified logging, and query-based debugging to support the rapid and continuous deployment integration of new retailers;
Leading cross-functional initiatives to unify development approaches and: deliver impactful results for customer shopping experiences;
What they're looking for
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or foreign equivalent).
- years of experience in the job offered or related.
- years of experience working with Java, Ruby, Kotlin, or similar backend programming languages
