Instacart · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer II, Commerce Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$225K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing essential services for grocery and household goods delivery. The Senior Software Engineer II will play a critical role in the Payments team, developing and maintaining scalable backend systems that ensure secure and efficient transaction processing.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and highly available backend systems for payment processing
Implement payment-related APIs and services, ensuring security, reliability, and accuracy at every step of the payment lifecycle
Lead technical projects that span multiple teams, from initial design to execution and continuous improvement
Integrate with external payment processors, gateways, wallets, and financial partners while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
Optimize systems for cost, performance, observability, and operational efficiency
Collaborate with cross-functional partners across legal, product, data science, finance, operations, and more
Proactively drive platform improvements and initiatives that impact key business metrics
Mentor and support fellow engineers, establish best practices, and uphold high standards for code quality and architecture
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar
5+ years of backend engineering experience in high-scale, distributed environments
Proficient in backend languages (e.g., Ruby, Go, Java)
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.), caching (Redis, Memcached), and distributed systems
Comfortable navigating complex business and technical domains, especially payments, invoicing, billing, or compliance-heavy environments
Strong communicator who can lead projects and drive alignment across stakeholders
High sense of ownership, capable of working independently, influencing team direction, and mentoring others
Strong background in operational excellence: monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Hands-on experience driving experimentation and A/B testing when launching new features, with a data-driven approach to measuring and iterating on outcomes
Preferred
Expertise in payment infrastructure, payment authorization flows, and reconciliation
Experience launching payment methods, optimizing for payment success rates, or managing payment costs
Experience designing or operating workflows with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration technologies
Track record of driving measurable impact through technical innovation in payments or financial systems
Thrive in an AI-first engineering environment, leveraging AI-powered tools as part of your workflow and contributing to the ongoing evolution of best practices that boost team productivity
Benefits
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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