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Senior Software Engineer, AI Productivity

3 months, 2 weeks ago
Canada
Full-time
Senior
Software Engineer
Software Development
Apache Airflow AWS CI/CD Dagster Docker Elasticsearch GCP Go Java Kafka Kubernetes LLM Machine Learning Microservices Python React SQL TypeScript
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instacart.careers

Instacart is a leading grocery technology company in North America that works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. They partner with over 1,000 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery, an...

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Description

  • Design, build, and operate AI-powered services and internal applications that improve developer and operator productivity at scale.
  • Implement back-end services in Python, Go, or Java and integrate foundation models through APIs and open-source frameworks.
  • Apply techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation and vector search where appropriate.
  • Own projects end-to-end, including requirements, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and iterative improvements.
  • Participate in on-call support and improve system reliability, latency, and cost efficiency.
  • Partner with Developer Platform, ML Platform, Security, and Legal teams to ensure safe and compliant AI usage.
  • Define success metrics, track adoption and productivity signals, and run experiments and A/B tests to measure impact.
  • Create and maintain shared tooling, libraries, and documentation for applied AI development.
  • Mentor teammates and contribute technical leadership in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production services.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in at least one of Python, Go, or Java.
  • 2+ years of experience integrating ML or LLM capabilities into production applications using tools such as OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, or LlamaIndex.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, containers such as Docker, and orchestration with Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency with SQL and data modeling.
  • Experience building or maintaining data pipelines using tools such as Airflow or Dagster.
  • Experience owning services end-to-end, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and on-call rotation participation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience adapting or fine-tuning foundation models and implementing retrieval-augmented generation with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, or Elasticsearch with vector search is preferred.
  • Experience building internal developer tools or platforms adopted by 100+ engineers is preferred.
  • Experience measuring developer productivity using DORA/SPACE, instrumenting analytics, and running A/B or multivariate experiments is preferred.
  • Knowledge of AI safety, privacy, and compliance practices such as PII redaction, guardrails, moderation, and data residency considerations is preferred.
  • Experience with event-driven systems and microservices such as Kafka or Pub/Sub is preferred.
  • Ability to build lightweight front-ends for internal tools using React and TypeScript is preferred.

Benefits

  • Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Base pay range of $168,000 to $177,500 USD for Canadian candidates, based on permanent work location.
  • Remote-friendly Flex First work model with flexibility to work from home, an office, or another location.
  • Eligibility for a new hire equity grant.
  • Eligibility for annual refresh equity grants.
  • Hiring currently open in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

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