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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$160,000
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As a Senior Software Engineer on Instacart’s Backend Platform team, you will design and deliver the next-generation Go-based platform that enables efficient service architecture across various domains. Your day-to-day involves collaborating with SREs, Security, Infra, and product engineering teams to define best practices and accelerate developer productivity through frameworks, libraries, tooling, and standards. You’ll work on improving reliability and performance by enabling robust telemetry, profiling, load testing, and capacity planning within the platform. Key responsibilities include defining engineering standards for APIs, RPC/gRPC, configuration, observability, security, and resiliency, as well as leading migrations to modernize Go services with clear rollout plans. The role requires extensive experience in backend software engineering, distributed systems, and hands-on production work with Go, gRPC/REST, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and service security best practices.