Staff Software Engineer, Web

53 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
instacart.careers

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...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K

Description

  • Set the technical direction for Instacart’s home and search web experiences, including architecture decisions for rendering, data fetching, and client performance.
  • Own the web platform architecture that powers discovery at scale across multiple product surfaces.
  • Build features that help customers discover new retailers and engage more deeply with existing ones.
  • Improve Core Web Vitals, page load performance, and overall frontend health.
  • Improve SEO and organic discovery so new customers can find Instacart more easily.
  • Partner with machine learning and backend teams to deliver personalized, real-time search and recommendations on the web.
  • Mentor senior engineers and help grow engineering capability across the team.
  • Lead engineering design reviews and influence technical decisions across teams and organizational boundaries.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in a senior or staff engineer role focused on web systems design and frontend architecture.
  • Deep expertise with modern web technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
  • Ability to reason about end-to-end system architecture across client and server.
  • Proven experience designing and operating large-scale web platforms supporting multiple product surfaces.
  • Experience optimizing web performance, including rendering, Core Web Vitals, bundle size, caching strategies, and client-side data fetching.
  • Experience building web systems used and maintained by large engineering organizations of 30+ engineers.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries.
  • Track record of mentoring engineers and driving long-term technical vision.
  • Experience in search, recommendations, personalization, or related discovery platforms is a plus.
  • Experience with hybrid architectures, webview-based client systems, or cross-platform web rendering is preferred.
  • Experience partnering closely with machine learning, product, and design teams is preferred.
  • Experience building frontend platforms or design systems that support multiple feature teams at scale is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.

Benefits

  • Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Remote role with Flex First work flexibility.
  • Eligible for a new hire equity grant.
  • Eligible for annual refresh equity grants.
  • Base pay range in the US varies by location, from $221,000 to $279,000 USD depending on state.
  • Access to Instacart’s benefits offerings.

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