[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Storage

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Instacart is transforming the grocery industry and seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Storage team. The role involves owning and building foundational engineering components, focusing on large-scale caching and storage solutions to support millions of customers and ensure system reliability and performance.ResponsibilitiesYou will be a senior engineer in the team responsible for Storage platforms, with a large amount of ownership and autonomy for setting technical direction, reporting to an engineering managerYou will work closely with other application engineering teams and internal stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to shipping the solutionYou will ship high quality, scalable and robust solutions with a sense of urgencyYou will have the freedom to suggest and drive high-impact initiatives related to in-memory storage solutions that unlock new innovations, accelerate application development, create resiliency & high-availability, and right-size storage needs company-wideSkills4+ years of working experience as a software engineer in one or more large-scale cloud services or application development environment1+ Years of hands-on experience, delivering large-scale solutions with an industry-recognized in-memory datastore (ideally Valkey or Redis)1+ Years experience building cloud-based control-plane softwareSelf-motivation and an enjoyment for a growth-oriented startup environmentA strong sense of ownership that drives improvements for customers as well as automation and scale for the systemsThe drive & ability to dive deep into technical challenges and champion root causes, solving problems correctlyYou enjoy being highly productive, shipping code, reviewing others' PRs and iteratively guiding code bases towards best practices and excellenceYou are able to scale yourself effectively via junior engineers and accelerate the team through effective designs, written & communication, delegation, establishing standards & best practices, code reviewsStrong ability to architect and design systems using common back-end Web technologies in a production environmentAn ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high quality and pragmatic solutionsExperience working with a large codebase on a cross functional team, with a knack for driving alignment across teams and stakeholdersDemonstrated capacity to take existing, complex solutions and evolve them to meet the changing needs of the businessBachelor's degree in Computer Science, computer engineering, electrical engineeringFamiliarity with self-hosting core infrastructureYou are a mentor to other software engineers, helping equip them and grow as software development professionalsYou like solving the kind of high-impact, org-wide problems that involve tackling abstract challenges and turning them into concrete programs that deliver successfullyBenefitsInstacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.Instacart is a Flex First teamOur employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events.Please read more about our benefits offerings here (https://instacart.careers/taste-of-instacart/).Company OverviewInstacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.instacart.com.Company H1B SponsorshipInstacart has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 23 in 2026, 152 in 2025, 173 in 2024, 109 in 2023, 159 in 2022, 170 in 2021, 59 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.