
Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform
Instacart
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $221,000 - $279,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and break down complex problems while keeping the broader data vision in focus.
- Collaborate with engineers and engineering teams, providing mentorship and fostering a strong engineering culture.
- Directly contribute to our data vision and engineering architecture. Produce and review technical artifacts that align with business goals.
- Oversee engineering initiatives end-to-end, proactively managing risks, setting goals, and ensuring smooth execution and delivery.
- Balance maintainability with tech debt and the development of new features.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders and manage ambiguity and conflicting requirements.
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Expertise in Spark, ETLs, Distributed System architecture, MapReduce, SQL, and Big Data infrastructure.
- Experience in balancing urgency and pragmatism with high-quality, long-term solutions.
- 10+ years of experience (preferred)
- Strong background in Scala and functional programming (preferred)
- Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, Python, Terraform, and Go (preferred).
Benefits
- flexible work arrangements
- new hire equity grant
- annual refresh grants
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentSparkETLsDistributed System architectureMapReduceSQLBig Data infrastructureScalafunctional programmingPython
Soft Skills
problem-solvingmentorshipcollaborationrisk managementgoal settingexecutiondeliveryself-motivationownershipadaptability