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Senior Software Engineer II, Ads Data Solutions Engineering

Instacart· Software Engineering
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RemoteCA$196k - CA$207kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior Engineer II (L6) focused on data-intensive, scalable backend/data platforms for Instacart’s off-platform advertising, data collaboration (cleanrooms), taxonomy, and related platform foundations. Leads architecture, drives modernization, mentors engineers, and collaborates across Product, Data Science, Data Platform, Governance, Privacy/Legal, and external partners. AI-first engineering and on-call/SLO strategy maturation are part of the role.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture for reusable, scalable systems across off‑platform workflows, cleanrooms, taxonomy automation, and the Ads Data Solutions Platform.
  • Evolve core abstractions, testing, CI/CD, observability, and cost efficiency; proactively drive modernization.
  • Propose and drive initiatives on behalf of engineering management; align stakeholders and manage dependencies.
  • Off‑platform: expand and harden integrations with external advertising platforms; design privacy-forward activation and identity workflows; reduce reliance on third-party intermediaries; build measurement ingestion pipelines for performance signals.
  • Data collaboration (cleanrooms): extend cleanroom orchestration and governance tooling; develop reusable query templates and partner configurations; optimize pipelines for cost and performance; scale secure data collaboration deployment and management.
  • Ads Taxonomy: lead intake automation (UI + backend) and release workflow improvements to reduce manual effort and cycle time.
  • Platform: assist with platform modernization and developer tooling improvements; contribute to an on‑call/SLO strategy as we mature operations.
  • AI‑first engineering: use AI-assisted tools daily for design, coding, tests, and docs; define team prompt patterns and workflows; identify AI opportunities in internal tools and ops.
  • Product quality, privacy, and security: translate ambiguous requirements into pragmatic phases (POC, pilot, production) with clear SLAs/SLOs; champion security‑by‑design, data governance, and privacy compliance across pipelines.
  • Mentorship and collaboration: mentor engineers up to L5; set code quality and review standards; build cross‑team partnerships (Ads Manager, Measurement Science, Data Platform, Privacy/Legal, external platforms)

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering and operating large-scale backend/data systems; led cross-team projects and architectural decisions.
  • Strong in Python and one of Ruby or Go; services/APIs (REST/gRPC); integrations with third‑party APIs.
  • Data pipelines with DBT and Airflow; Spark/Databricks; advanced SQL and performance tuning.
  • Snowflake and AWS experience; cost-aware design; workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal) and event-driven patterns.
  • Experience with ad-tech/programmatic and measurement integrations; cleanrooms (Snowflake DCR, shares/listings); identity/matching (UID2, RampID) and deconfliction; privacy/compliance practices (GDPR/CCPA) in data workflows.
  • CI/CD, containers, test strategy; observability (Datadog); incident readiness and SLO thinking.
  • Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenAI-based assistants); defining reusable prompts/workflows for team use; contributing to AI-enabled internal tools or automation; ability to evaluate when to apply AI vs. deterministic systems; familiarity with evaluation, guardrails, and security/privacy implications in AI usage.
  • Clear technical writing; stakeholder management; ability to drive consensus and unblock execution.

Skills

Required:PythonRuby or GoREST/gRPCDBT and AirflowSpark/DatabricksSnowflakeAWSCI/CDDatadog
Nice to have:Temporal

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements (remote-first; in Canada can work from home)
  • Competitive compensation and benefits per location
  • New hire equity grant and annual refresh grants
  • Taste of Instacart benefits page access
Last updated Jul 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Instacart’s same-day delivery and pickup services bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to busy people and families across the U.S. and Canada in as fast as an hour. Since its founding in 2012, Instacart has become an essential service for millions of families, while also serving as an immediate, flexible earnings opportunity for hundreds of thousands of shoppers across North America. The company partners with more than 350 retailers and delivers from more than 25,000 stores across more than 5,500 cities in North America. Today, Instacart is accessible to more than 85% of households in the U.S. and more than 70% of households in Canada.

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