Senior Software Engineer, Digital Twin Platform

Instacart

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$199,000–$210,000 / yr
Posted
28 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k
This role $204k
$107k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$218,075 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $204k versus about $185k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Instacart

Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) is a North American grocery technology company that operates an online marketplace and delivery service connecting customers with personal shoppers who pick and deliver orders from local retailers. It also sells retail e-commerce software and advertising services to grocers and brands.

Instacart currently has 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$207,000 across 49 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Digital Twin Platform

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Digital Twin Platform team, you will build and operate platforms that provide real-time understanding of products on store shelves. You will develop data ingestion, processing, and serving systems that integrate partner data, inventory observations, and machine learning outputs into a reliable digital twin. Collaborating with machine learning engineers, computer vision engineers, product teams, and data scientists, you will move models and data pipelines from research to production while solving large-scale challenges in mapping, inventory, logistics, and computer vision. The role requires proficiency in backend languages like Python, Java, Scala, or Go, along with SQL experience. You will work with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and potentially utilize Spark, Kafka, or Airflow to manage data-intensive products within the grocery and retail ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and operate platforms that provide real-time tracking of products on store shelves.
  • Build data ingestion, processing, and serving systems to create a reliable digital twin of inventory.
  • Integrate partner data, inventory observations, and machine learning outputs into scalable production pipelines.
  • Move machine learning models and computer vision data from research phases into production environments.
  • Solve large-scale technical challenges across mapping, inventory, logistics, and computer vision domains.
  • Develop high-quality backend systems with a focus on reliability, testing, observability, and maintainability.
  • Build infrastructure for real-time, streaming, or geospatial services to support grocery ecosystem efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Python, Java, Scala, or Go.
  • Experience with SQL and distributed systems.
  • Experience with data pipelines and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Track record of shipping production software with a focus on reliability, testing, observability, and maintainability.
  • Preferred experience with machine learning infrastructure, computer vision, or image-based data pipelines.
  • Preferred experience with real-time, streaming, geospatial services, or data processing frameworks like Spark, Kafka, or Airflow.

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