Senior Software Engineer – Marketing Enablement, Technology

Instacart

. Lead complete projects independently across backend services, APIs, and data pipelines .

Posted 10/1/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaSenior💰 $166,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expert-level proficiency in Python for scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines, with a strong focus on architecture design, implementation, and performance optimization. Capable of leading projects end-to-end while mentoring junior engineers and driving cross-team collaboration.

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Python ProficiencyProject LeadershipSnowflake ExpertiseETL ProcessesObservability Solutions

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Hard Skills

Backend ServicesAPIsData PipelinesArchitecture DesignImplementationExperimentationProduction RolloutPerformance DesignScalabilityRobustness

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationMentoringCross-Team AlignmentProduct Thinking

Tools & Technologies

SQLAirflowDBTAutomation FrameworksAd Platform APIs

Industry Keywords

Digital Marketing OperationsCloud Cost OptimizationChaos EngineeringDisaster RecoverySecurity-by-Design

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowCloudETLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complete projects independently across backend services, APIs, and data pipelines
Define experimentation, development, and rollout strategies across multiple systems
Architect scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient solutions for high-throughput marketing operations
Identify underlying technical problems and design reusable abstractions
Partner with Marketing and Product stakeholders to shape features, requirements, and strategy
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and onboarding
Improve team productivity through process improvements and automation

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–8 years of software engineering experience with expert-level proficiency in Python for scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines
Proven track record of leading complete projects end-to-end, including architecture design, implementation, experimentation, and production rollout
Deep expertise with Snowflake, SQL, ETL processes, Airflow, and DBT
Experience designing for performance, scalability, and robustness
Experience implementing observability solutions including logging, metrics, and tracing
Strong product thinking and ability to make strategic technical and business trade-offs
Excellent communication skills and ability to mentor engineers, drive cross-team alignment, and translate technical concepts
Preferred: automation frameworks, ad platform APIs, digital marketing operations and KPIs, cloud cost optimization, chaos engineering, disaster recovery, technical debt modernization, security-by-design, incident response, and AI-assisted development infrastructure

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible choice of work location: home, office, or favorite coffee shop
Regular in-person events
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Market-competitive compensation and benefits