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Staff Android Engineer, Pick & Deliver

Instacart· Mobile
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Remote$221k - $279.5kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Technical lead for Android within Instacart's Pick & Deliver organization, shaping high-visibility mobile experiences to support retailers and shoppers during order picking, across multiple retailer priorities and platform-scale investments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction and execution of Android experiences that support retailers and shoppers across all phases of picking an order.
  • Design, build, test, and maintain high-quality Android applications using modern technologies including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and RxJava.
  • Partner with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, iOS Engineering, retailers, and external vendors to define solutions for complex operational and customer needs.
  • Own projects from technical discovery through delivery, balancing immediate retailer priorities with long-term platform health, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and developer experience through profiling, instrumentation, architectural improvements, and thoughtful technical debt reduction.
  • Provide technical leadership across the Pick & Deliver organization by facilitating design discussions, mentoring engineers, establishing engineering best practices, and helping teams make clear, durable decisions.
  • Contribute to a roadmap that includes new picking models, expansion to additional retailers and markets, and investments in the Android platform and operational scale.

Qualifications

  • At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial experience developing and shipping Android applications.
  • Strong proficiency in Kotlin and demonstrated experience with modern Android development practices, including Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, and reactive programming with RxJava or an equivalent framework.
  • Experience leading the technical execution of complex, cross-functional software projects from design through production launch.
  • Experience designing maintainable Android architectures and improving application performance, reliability, testing, monitoring, or observability.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, Backend Engineering, iOS Engineering, and external stakeholders to deliver customer-facing products.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions, align stakeholders, and communicate risks and tradeoffs clearly.

Skills

Required:Android developmentKotlinJetpack ComposeCoroutines
Nice to have:RxJava

Benefits

  • Flex First remote-friendly work policy
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Eligibility for new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants
  • Remote-first salary ranges by location as listed in the job description
Last updated Oct 1, 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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