Senior Software Engineer II, Logistic Foundation

ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Logistics Foundation team at Instacart, a company transforming the grocery industry by providing access to the food people love and more time to enjoy it together. As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will play a critical role in advancing foundational systems that power earnings, pricing, routing, batching, matching, dispatch, and geospatial capabilities. Our mission is to unlock new capabilities and business impact through scalable, reliable architecture that elevates both engineers and AI agents, enabling efficient, compliant logistics at scale. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will lead complex, high-visibility platform initiatives end-to-end, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners across Legal, Finance, Policy, Shopper, Enterprise Fulfillment, Operations, and Expansions. You will design, build, and operate high-quality, high-throughput distributed backend services with clear SLOs, robust observability, and well-run on-call/incident response practices. You will also analyze and refine service and data architectures, propose and lead new systems that improve reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need 7+ years of backend software development experience delivering scalable, production systems end-to-end. You should be proficient in at least one backend language such as Ruby, Python, or Go, and have hands-on experience building and operating large-scale distributed backend services with defined SLOs, on-call ownership, observability, and incident response. You will also need a proven track record independently leading complex, cross-functional projects with high ambiguity and hard external deadlines. WHY REMOTE Instacart is a Flex First team, which means we offer flexibility in where you do your best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. BENEFITS Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote, and the base pay range for this position is $175,000 - $225,000 per year, depending on location. We also offer comprehensive health insurance, parental leave, education stipend, life insurance, and flexible schedule.