Senior Software Engineer II, Developer Experience

Instacart

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Ontario, CanadaAlberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaNova Scotia, Canada
Salary
$196,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $170k
This role $202k
$109k most similar roles pay here $217k

This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$190,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $170k 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 II, Developer Experience

As a Senior Software Engineer II, Developer Experience, you will join the Developer Experience team to empower engineers across the organization by building internal tooling, platforms, and infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems that improve developer productivity, reliability, and experience while reducing toil and increasing velocity at scale. This high-ownership role involves managing complex technical initiatives from scoping through implementation and contributing to the team's technical direction via design reviews and architectural discussions. The role requires proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, or Java, with specific experience in Golang, Python, or TypeScript. You will work on developer tooling, CI/CD systems, and infrastructure components like Bazel, Docker, or Kubernetes to solve problems related to engineering workflows and internal platform scalability within the grocery industry's technical ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $203391 from 378 postings across 53 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain internal developer tooling, platforms, and infrastructure to improve engineering productivity.
  • Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end from initial scoping and architecture through implementation and rollout.
  • Identify and resolve friction points in the developer experience using data and feedback to reduce toil.
  • Drive solutions that improve development velocity and reliability at scale for all internal teams.
  • Contribute to the team's technical direction by participating in design reviews and architectural discussions.
  • Make sound technical decisions and adapt quickly to shifting priorities in a fast-moving environment.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering complex technical systems in production environments.
  • Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, or Java.
  • Experience with Golang, Python, or TypeScript.
  • Experience building or contributing to developer tooling, internal platforms, CI/CD systems, or developer productivity infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects independently from scoping and design through delivery.
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate across teams and articulate technical trade-offs.
  • Experience in Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure teams (preferred).
  • Familiarity with observability tooling, build systems, or environment management like Bazel, Docker, or Kubernetes (preferred).

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