InstacartHiring

Senior Software Engineer, Fulfillment

  • Remote, Canada
  • Senior
  • Posted 3 days ago
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Backend role on a logistics platform team, building the systems that route orders and pay shoppers; remote-friendly with regular in-person events.

About the role

The team owns the execution layer of fulfillment worldwide: batching, routing, dispatch and shopper pay. Success means shoppers get good work, partners gain value and customers get orders on time.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, Canada
Seniority
Senior
Skills
Ruby, Python, Go, RPC, Workflow orchestration, State machines
Posted
26 Oct 2026
Last checked
29 Oct 2026

What you will do

  • Lead technical design on high-impact projects and ship features that solve logistics problems across consumer and enterprise
  • Keep tier-0 systems reliable and observable, with clear ownership
  • Align with product, compliance and engineering on platform practices, and mentor engineers on code quality, testing and operations
  • Use AI-assisted tooling to raise day-to-day productivity for yourself and the team

What they look for

  • 5+ years of backend development experience
  • Fluency in at least one backend language; the team uses Ruby, Python and Go, and Ruby experience is not required
  • Solid knowledge of services and API design (REST/RPC), databases, and distributed system design patterns
  • Experience building and running asynchronous, event-driven systems in production
  • Strong communication and a record of working in complex cross-functional teams; a degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent

Nice to have

  • Experience with fulfillment, logistics or e-commerce software
  • Work with workflow orchestration or state machines
  • Experience with systems under regulatory or financial compliance

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It is a senior role. The posting asks for: 5+ years of backend development experience; fluency in at least one backend language; the team uses Ruby, Python and Go, and Ruby experience is not required; solid knowledge of services and API design (REST/RPC), databases, and distributed system design patterns. Skills it names include Ruby, Python, Go, RPC.

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