Lead multi-team initiatives that improve the reliability, scalability, and correctness of Memberships and Alternate Payments platforms across Instacart’s ecosystem.
Set and drive the technical strategy for scaling loyalty systems, including Instacart+ membership benefits and external loyalty program integrations.
Architect a unified benefits platform spanning coupons, credits, and gift cards to simplify incentives and advance affordability initiatives.
Evolve the platform with new capabilities and modernization efforts to increase flexibility, operability, and secure integrations at scale.
Design platform capabilities that natively support agentic commerce via policy-driven, automated workflows and secure, extensible MCP-style integrations.
Raise the technical bar by leading design reviews, coaching engineers, and contributing hands-on to critical code paths during design spikes, launches, and cross-team efforts.

Requirements

10+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating large-scale backend or platform systems.
Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional technical initiatives end to end in production environments.
Strong foundation in distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and high-volume APIs; hands-on experience with event-driven patterns and idempotent workflows.
Proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Java, or Python) and production experience with both relational and NoSQL datastores.
Experience operating mission-critical services (e.g., on-call ownership, SLOs/error budgets, performance tuning, incident management, and post-incident reviews).
Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate design exploration, implementation, and code quality.
Located in Canada in ON, AB, BC or NS

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills

backend developmentdistributed systemsservice-oriented architecturehigh-volume APIsevent-driven patternsidempotent workflowsGoJavaPythonrelational databases

Soft skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationcoachingdesign reviewstechnical strategy